1. _____ makes life worth living is not what you can get but what you can give. (第33期考題) 


2. _____ diseases, such as the flu or colds, spread from person to person in several ways. (第40期考題) 


3. Tourism is Egypt’s _____ lifeline, representing almost 12% of its national income. (第34期考題) 


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


5. 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) 


6. The woman is new in our neighborhood. Do you know _____? (第39期考題) 


7. Though the solution sounds perfect, it is not _____ because we don’t have enough time and money. (第36期考題) 


8. I had to give a three-minute speech in public, but the microphone broke down. _____ with horror, I couldn’t say a word. (第42期考題) 


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


10. 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) 


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


12. Leo decided to get divorced, _____. (第40期考題) 


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


14. A Syrian boy, who attempted to reach Greece along with other refugees, was found lying dead on a Turkish beach, which _____ global refugee crisis. (第37期考題) 


15. 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) 


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


17. German _____ power was restricted after World War II. The entire army was restricted to just 100,000 men, and the navy was reduced to just 15,000 men. (第40期考題) 


18. Maria, my German friend, considers the dishwasher an indispensable home ----- and wonders why it is not common in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


19. The disadvantage of this job is that the heavy workload and long working hours _____ of my family life. (第42期考題) 


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


21. 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) 


22. Be patient. The longer you wait, _____ you are to meet the superstar. (第36期考題) 


23.

Judging from the context, what does the word boost mean? (第39期考題) 


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


25. Peter is _____ about his achievements; he credits the success to his research team. (第39期考題) 


26. Keven, on behalf of his company, successfully signed a contract with a multinational corporation this morning. He _____ ecstatic at that moment. (第37期考題) 


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


28. Emily is _____ the summer because she can pay a visit to her grandparents living in Japan. (第32期考題) 


29. 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) 


30. 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) 


31.   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?

What can we infer from the passage? (第37期考題) 


32.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


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


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


35. 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) 


36.

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


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


38. 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) 


39. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


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


41. 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) 


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


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


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


45.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


46. 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) 


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


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) 


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


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