1. 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) 


2. 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) 


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


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


5. 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) 


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


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


8. 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) 


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


10. Some young people _____ about having a job that is well-paid and easy to do. (第32期考題) 


11. Brian was depressed for a long time because he couldn’t find a job. When he finally received a job offer, he was _____. (第41期考題) 


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


13. Rebecca didn’t show up last night; she _____ about our date. (第32期考題) 


14. 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) 


15. Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the U.S. It _____ in 1872. (第40期考題) 


16. Firefighters are _____ heroes, who risk their lives to help others. (第33期考題) 


17. While the election campaign was filled with fake news, important public issues were often _____. (第39期考題) 


18. 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) 


19. _____ online video games, Paul has very little physical activity and spend less time with family and friends. (第32期考題) 


20. 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) 


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


22. Our homeroom teacher was _____ when she knew two students skipped class and smoked on campus. (第42期考題) 


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


24. A new iPhone will be awarded to _____ comes up with the best name for the new fragrance. (第39期考題) 


25. _____ the more money you spend on lunch dates, birthday parties and gifts. (第41期考題) 


26. I have made up my mind. _____ hard you persuade me, I won’t change my decision. (第36期考題) 


27. During tourism seasons, this coastal town is _____ with visitors who expect to relax and enjoy the breathtaking scenery to their heart's content. (第37期考題) 


28.   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) 


29. 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) 


30. If the world's rain forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many species _____ extinct. (第39期考題) 


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


32.

What can influence the effectiveness of the research mentioned in this article? (第39期考題) 


33. After a series of tests, Brian proved to be the most competent among all the _____ , the one everyone could look to. (第37期考題) 


34. The angry manager ordered that the mistakes in the report _____ right away and then stormed out of the room. (第36期考題) 


35. _____ others will you learn how to help yourself. (第41期考題) 


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


37. People say he is _____ incompetent _____ does not care, but for me, he is just a hopeless idealist. (第33期考題) 


38. 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) 


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


40. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament. (第39期考題) 


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


42. It is dangerous for us to _____ without grasping the whole picture. We need to clarify all the uncertain points before we make decisions. (第42期考題) 


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


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


45. Charlotte _____ a shower when the power suddenly went out. (第41期考題) 


46. Bullying will leave a lifelong mental scar that _____ affects children into adulthood. (第32期考題) 


47. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain. (第33期考題) 


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


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


50. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class. (第34期考題)