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


2. Japanese people _____ bowing even when they talk on the phone. (第33期考題) 


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


4.

What was the California Supreme Court's decision on Diaz's appeal? (第38期考題) 


5. The reason millennials are called "strawberry generation" is _____ they are believed to be "easily bruised." (第37期考題) 


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


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


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


9. The use of _____, although a traditional part of the celebration, has over the years led to many injuries and deaths.There have been incidents every year of users being blinded, losing body parts, or suffering other injuries, especially during festivities such as Chinese New Year season. (第41期考題) 


10. To Mandy's -----, she forgot to bring her wallet with her and couldn't pay. She didn't know what to do. (第38期考題) 


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


12. Tina has to work two part-time jobs after school to _____. (第32期考題) 


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


14. Children s hould avoid eating too many candies because they contain _____ flavors and colorings that are bad to their health. (第36期考題) 


15. Even though he seems _____ most of the time, none can be more careful than he in terms of handling thorny situations. (第37期考題) 


16. The boxing legend inspired his fans to never give up. When he got _____, he got back up again and kept fighting. (第33期考題) 


17. Technological and industrial development not only led to economic growth and _____ but also posed a threat to the ecological system. (第32期考題) 


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


19. 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) 


20. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


21. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Don’t _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.” We should not delay doing anything we can do today. It’s good advice for all of us. (第41期考題) 


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


23. If they _____ about your difficulty, they _____ a different decision. Yet, it is all too late now. (第39期考題) 


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


25. Paris has long been _____the most romantic city in the world. (第32期考題) 


26. Parents have the responsibility to teach their children to draw a clear _____ between right and wrong. (第39期考題) 


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


28. 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) 


29. _____ graduating from college, I went off to look for a job. (第33期考題) 


30. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38期考題) 


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


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


33.   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) 


34. He _____ his friend by telling lies about her behind her back. (第33期考題) 


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


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


37. 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) 


38.

Based on the context, what is the meaning of "abused"? (第38期考題) 


39. 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) 


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


41. 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) 


42.

What is the best title for this article? (第38期考題) 


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


44. The building plan ----- by Frank Lin, who has no idea what the clients need. (第38期考題) 


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


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


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


48. There is a sign saying “No trespassing.” This area is a private place, so people cannot enter this place without the owner’s _____. (第42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. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament. (第39期考題)