單選題 每題2分

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1. It is good manners to dress formally at such an important international ----- where world leaders meet.　(第38期考題)　

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2. The Greek national _____ has been played at every Olympics closing ceremony to honor Greece’s role as the birthplace of the Olympic Games.　(第41期考題)　

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3. 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)　

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4. Ever since Larry’s best friends betrayed him, he has had trouble _____ close relationships with others.　(第36期考題)　

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5. In the Indian culture, cows are thought to be _____ animals. They are respected in religious activities.　(第42期考題)　

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

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7. _____ the wind blowing so hard, I don’t think the seas will calm down.　(第33期考題)　

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8. The mother starts to feel worried and anxious, because her daughter _____ her there hours ago.　(第36期考題)　

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9. To everyone's surprise, Paul _____ , devoted himself to charities, and even organized a non-profit organization helping the needy.　(第37期考題)　

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10. Tim _____ mad at others easily. However, ever since he took the course of anger management, he has seldom lost his temper.　(第36期考題)　

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11. Though the couple had been married for three years, they _____ a divorce.　(第42期考題)　

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12. Faced with the immense power of natural disasters like earthquakes or typhoons, humans, more often than not, appear _____ vulnerable.　(第37期考題)　

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13. Whatever you say, I will _____ my principles and won’t change my opinions.　(第33期考題)　

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※請依上文回答問題※ What is this passage mainly about?　(第40期考題)　

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15. The plot of the novel was so _____ that Mary couldn’t help but read on and finish it within one day.　(第34期考題)　

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16. Liam got a letter from his girlfriend and he knew she was not happy. She didn’t say anything but Liam could tell by _____ that something was upsetting her.　(第41期考題)　

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17. Thirty years later, I can still identify several people in the photo -----. They haven't changed that much.　(第38期考題)　

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18. Stop being so childish. _____ you like it or not, you must learn to be responsible and fulfill your obligations.　(第36期考題)　

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

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20. _____, Owen stormed out of the room and banged the door behind him.　(第40期考題)　

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

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22. When doing an experiment, we should always _____ that safety is of the utmost importance.　(第39期考題)　

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23. Since I first stepped foot on this beautiful island, I _____ by the country.　(第33期考題)　

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24. We have to _____ the connection between these two events in order to solve the problems they have caused.　(第40期考題)　

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25. Some people _____ that spiders are insects. But in fact, they are relatives of insects.　(第40期考題)　

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26. 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)　

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27. You will get sunburned if you are _____ to the scorching sun for too long without applying sunscreen.　(第42期考題)　

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28. Reading novels is great mental exercise because it stimulates your _____ as well as improves your brain power.　(第39期考題)　

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

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30. Mackenzie Narbonne is a _____ athlete who has excelled in softball, soccer, floor hockey, powerlifting, and athletics.　(第41期考題)　

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31. Smartphones are rather helpful in many aspects, and, as a result, many _____ it difficult to do without one.　(第37期考題)　

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32. My grandparents have difficulty _____ used to the fast pace of city life.　(第32期考題)　

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33. I _____ to enjoy playing basketball, but I don't have time for it now.　(第40期考題)　

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34. On top of the hill _____.　(第32期考題)　

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35. Although it is possible nowadays to have apps ----- many expressions into another language for us, it is still important to learn to speak a foreign language.　(第38期考題)　

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36. _____ they knew the typhoon had hit the island that they started to panic.　(第33期考題)　

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37. _____ that the leader of the labor union decided to protest against the unfair treatment to the workers.　(第42期考題)　

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38. 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)　

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39. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings.　(第37期考題)　

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40. After the cruel murder, all the elementary schools should take measures to _____ anyone suspicious from entering the campus.　(第42期考題)　

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41. The weather took a turn for the worse, the sailors _____ for the shore.　(第33期考題)　

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42. Due to the heavy rain, the citizens couldn't drive their cars, ----- take buses because the roads were flooded.　(第38期考題)　

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

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44. 　　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?　(第37期考題)　

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45. The hotel Oliver was talking about _____ but I couldn’t remember where I had read about it.　(第41期考題)　

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46. 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)　

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47. 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)　

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48. 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)　

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

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50. Out of intense curiosity, Linda _____ the temptation and opened her sister’s letter.　(第36期考題)　

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