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


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


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


4. 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) 


5. Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that impacts student's ability to do math. Children with dyscalculia usually have difficulty _____ numbers, symbols, and related concepts. (第40期考題) 


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


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


8.

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


9. 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) 


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


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


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


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


14. If you _____ me, would you accept the proposal from a man you just met for the first time? (第32期考題) 


15. What bad luck! Most of his luggage ----- stolen. (第38期考題) 


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


17. 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) 


18. _____ it was raining, Jason still insisted on his camping plan. (第42期考題) 


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


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


21.

What is the best title for this article? (第39期考題) 


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


23.

※請依上文回答問題※ According to the passage, which of the following is true? (第40期考題) 


24. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


25. 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) 


26. Kids usually _____ Christmas and New Year. That's when they have a lot of fun eating and playing. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


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


31. Many truck drivers aren't aware that driving while they are _____ could also have disastrous consequences. Therefore, while feeling sick, they should avoid driving. (第40期考題) 


32.   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) 


33. 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) 


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


35. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37期考題) 


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


37. 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) 


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. I make plenty of lifelong friends in my high school, _____ give me mental support when I feel down. (第42期考題) 


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


41. A _____ heat wave hit Southwestern Asia in late July and early August 2011, with temperatures in Iraq exceeding 49°C. (第40期考題) 


42. The restaurant in Taipei _____ I had my first Taiwanese meal was a small and cozy place with great service. (第39期考題) 


43. The young couple, unable to bear children, chose to _____ a child to expand their family. (第40期考題) 


44. James asked his father to drive him to the airport early; he wanted to _____ two hours before the flight. He was afraid to miss the flight. (第41期考題) 


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


46.

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


47. Singing a _____ while rocking a baby to sleep can help early language development.  (第40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. _____ Hemingway's inspiration for the book, The Old Man And The Sea, was the Cuban fisherman Gregorio Fuentes, who was also Hemingway's friend. (第40期考題) 


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