1. It is said that the MRT line will be extended to this town, and the townspeople are ----- it earnestly. (第38期考題) 


2. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


3.

Based on your understanding of the article, what does the Fourth Amendment protect the people against? (第38期考題) 


4. Ned is determined to go to college _____ he has very little support from his family. (第39期考題) 


5. Michael regrets when he was young, he _____ day by day without making good use of his time and now he still hasn't yet accomplished anything. (第37期考題) 


6. Many people find _____ impossible to lose weight without the help of a professional. (第41期考題) 


7. Though the solution sounds perfect, it is not _____ because we don’t have enough time and money. (第36期考題) 


8. Isabella doesn't like to discuss her personal problems publicly; she prefers to talk about them _____. (第40期考題) 


9. Lucy _____ temptation and ate the last piece of chocolate. (第33期考題) 


10. Anderson hasn’t made up his mind _____. (第32期考題) 


11. The disadvantage of this job is that the heavy workload and long working hours _____ of my family life. (第42期考題) 


12. When traveling solo in a foreign country, you cannot be _____ careful about any stranger getting close to you; that person may be a pickpocket. (第37期考題) 


13. You should dress up yourself on this formal _____. To show respect to the host, no slippers or casual clothes are allowed. (第42期考題) 


14.   Facial recognition technology is coming of age. The new iPhone can be unlocked simply by looking at it, and accessing your smartphone is just one of many ways that facial recognition will change our daily lives. Soon we'll be using our faces to pay for groceries, catch trains, pass through airport security, and more.
  In China, you can already use your face to gain access to office buildings and authorize ATM withdrawals. In Europe, high-end hotels and retailers use it to identify celebrity customers to make sure they get special treatment. Australian airports are installing a system that lets airline passengers glide through security without passports--and facial recognition systems are beginning to appear in U.S. airport too.
  "Everybody's face is slightly different, so it's almost like a 3D fingerprint," says Lyndon Smith, professor of computer simulation and machine vision at the University of the West of England. According to him, we can even differentiate between identical twins when we're applying this kind of technique. Smith is developing a system that he believes could replace train tickets. Like the new iPhone, it uses infrared scanning to recognize patterns in facial features and then compares them against a database of known facial patterns. He claims the system would work well in stores and banks as well as train stations, so wherever we go in the world, we could, rather than carrying a card around with a PIN and all the complexity, just simply use our faces.
  Experts say facial recognition systems can be extremely reliable. Apple claims its new iPhone has no trouble telling a real face from a photo--and can even recognize individuals if they grow a beard or wear eyeglasses. And researchers in the U.K. and India have developed a system that they say can peer through disguises--including fake beards and scarves that obscure part of the face. It uses 14 key landmarks around the eyes, nose, and lips. That is, if some factures are hidden, it uses others to make the identification.
  The system is intended to "take a lot of criminals off of the streets," says Amarjot Singh, a graduate student and one of the researchers in engineering the University of Cambridge. He is excited that the system can function well as an X-ray to look into people's identity. Excitement aside, Singh is among those who worry that the rise of facial recognition technology raises privacy concerns. Some worry governments could abuse the systems to assert inappropriate control over their citizens and stifle protests. Others worry that facial recognition systems will reveal information that individuals might wish to keep private. Last year, Stanford University researchers sparked a controversy when they published research suggesting that facial recognition can predict an individual's sexual orientation.
  The bottom line? Facial recognition technology is already out there, although how to use it without putting people at risk invading their privacy remains a hot debate topic. Smith insists that their intention is certainly not to have some kind of Big Brother thing going on; they wouldn't want this system to be used by anybody who didn't want to use it. He reassures the public that they're not trying to monitor people--they're trying to help people in their everyday lives.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the uses of facial recognition technology?

What can we infer from the passage? (第37期考題) 


15. Feeling like an outsider in the family, John doesn’t know how to chat with his siblings easily and always has a sense of _____. (第42期考題) 


16. Much of Ethan's house had already been destroyed before the firemen finally _____ the fire. (第40期考題) 


17. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised. (第38期考題) 


18. The entire old town is designated as a pedestrian zone and free of cars. No _____ are allowed in this area. (第33期考題) 


19. Before Kelly and Jasmine go back home, they ----- some friends in Paris. (第38期考題) 


20. The blind lawyer was rejected by over twenty law firms because of his disability, _____ he had a Harvard Law degree. (第42期考題) 


21. The _____ of the company’s service has been greatly improved, and there are now fewer customer complaints. (第36期考題) 


22. The tires of your car are _____. You should replace them now so that they won't burst on the road. (第39期考題) 


23.

Under what circumstances do some people consider it legal to search through someone's cellphone?  (第38期考題) 


24. The more you work, the more you gain. The money you receive will be _____ the amount of work that you accomplish. (第36期考題) 


25.

※請依上文回答問題※ The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses (第40期考題) 


26. By the time Amy arrived at the airport, her boyfriend’s plane _____ already. (第36期考題) 


27. Even though every smartphone has a clock on it, wrist watches are still _____. (第33期考題) 


28. _____, he was killed together with his whole army. (第40期考題) 


29. We have to cancel tonight’s concert because neither you nor I _____ prepared. (第32期考題) 


30. In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever when _____ the award at age 17. (第41期考題) 


31. Bob’s nickname was “Beckham,” a _____ to the way he styled his hair. (第33期考題) 


32. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave. (第41期考題) 


33. Dying to pass the upcoming exams with flying colors, all Sarah has to do is _____. (第37期考題) 


34. A: Lance has been ----- all day today. B: Yes, he has an allergy to particles in the air and that's why. (第38期考題) 


35. So far the spending on this project is still on -----. We have to be careful not to spend more than planned. (第38期考題) 


36. A: Are you familiar with the please _____ in the TV show?
B: No, I don't know any of them. (第39期考題) 


37. Chen Shu-Chu is a person of _____ character. Although she is just a vegetable vendor, she donates lots of money to the charitable organizations without expecting anything in return. (第42期考題) 


38. Kim is _____ going to be furious when she sees the mess you made in the office. (第33期考題) 


39. The ingredient labels on the food package aim to provide accurate information to _____ consumers’ safety. (第32期考題) 


40. You can't see the CEO now. She ----- dinner and nobody should disturb her mealtime. (第38期考題) 


41. Pressured by public anger, the mayor finally admitted his mistake and _____ for his rude remarks. (第36期考題) 


42. The teddy bear looks old and tattered, but it is the most ----- thing in Kay's room, She loves it dearly. (第38期考題) 


43. Without proper guidance, new workers often ----- themselves clueless and frustrated in this big company. (第38期考題) 


44. Identity theft, the _____ use of someone else’s personal information, is a criminal act and should be reported to the police. (第41期考題) 


45. The clever device _____ on the wall makes the room dry and comfortable even during humid days. (第36期考題) 


46. To pay his way through college, Allen takes a couple of part-time jobs, one of _____ is tutoring elementary school students. (第37期考題) 


47. Kate Middleton, _____ marriage to Britain’s Prince William made her Duchess of Cambridge, has played a key role in softening the royal image. (第32期考題) 


48.

※請依上文回答問題※ Which of the following will most likely benefit from the research mentioned in the passage? (第40期考題) 


49. The fireworks display was so _____ that the visitors could hardly take their eyes off it. (第39期考題) 


50. Don’t lose faith in yourself; keep trying and someday your efforts will _____. (第32期考題)