1. When Sebastian fainted, we quickly laid him down on his back. Fortunately he _____ before we called 911. (第40期考題) 


2. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately. (第32期考題) 


3. In all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants, you can eat _____. (第33期考題) 


4. A huge parade is held on the _____ of the 1959 revolution. It is one of the biggest annual events of the city. (第33期考題) 


5. The capable student was _____ the chairperson of the Student Association. He will be in charge of the coming school anniversary. (第42期考題) 


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


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


8. 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) 


9. The U.S. presidential ----- is more than a year away, but more than 20 people are ready to join the race. (第38期考題) 


10.

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


11. 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) 


12. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


13. Despite the disabilities, Nathan's parents treated him like an ordinary child ----- he felt inferior to others. (第38期考題) 


14. The corpse was _____ on the basis of dental records. That is, by examining the teeth of the dead, we can find out who the body is. (第33期考題) 


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


16. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says _____ is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases and infections. (第41期考題) 


17. The core of Mediterranean diet is high _____ of olive oil, unrefined cereals, fruits, and vegetables. (第32期考題) 


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


19. Though I don't _____ of many of my colleague's proposals, I have to admit that his ideas are very creative. (第39期考題) 


20. When the curtain _____ at the end of the play, the audience sat in stunned silence for at least three or four minutes. (第41期考題) 


21.

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


22. The novelist _____ many speech invitations to concentrate on writing his next new novel. (第42期考題) 


23. His arrogance and vanity stopped him _____ what really mattered to him. (第32期考題) 


24. The benefits of vitamins are too numerous to _____, but taking massive amounts of vitamins may do us harm. (第34期考題) 


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


26. 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) 


27. 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) 


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


29. There is evidence that there _____ water on Mars a long time ago. Observer show signs of dried up lake beds, past floods and old river channels. (第33期考題) 


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


31. 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) 


32. Unable to stand his daughter’s bad attitude anymore, Mr. Collins flew into a rage and slapped her across the face _____.  (第36期考題) 


33. Keep the painting indoors because the colors will fade if they are _____ to sunlight. (第36期考題) 


34. This is a well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners as well as for those who want to _____ their French. (第40期考題) 


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


36. It is said that the key word for this year is AI, which stands for ----- intelligence. (第38期考題) 


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


38. Samuel was late again. He _____ up earlier this morning, but he didn't. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


42. _____ as Jason was, he tried hard to repress his overwhelming joy for fear that his opponents thought him arrogant. (第37期考題) 


43. _____, Alora remained seated during the whole parade. (第41期考題) 


44. These backpackers forgot to make hotel reservations in advance, so they _____ having nowhere to stay. (第39期考題) 


45. With so many cases of murder and mass shootings in the city, the government must take drastic _____ to reduce crime. (第36期考題) 


46. There are some easy ways to _____ water. For example, we can turn off the water while we are shaving or brushing our teeth. (第40期考題) 


47. The customer service manager asked all the staff to be _____ in responding to complaints. (第39期考題) 


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


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


50.   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?

Which of the following statements is true about the technology? (第37期考題)