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

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

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3. 　　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?

Where are we most likely to find this article?　(第37期考題)　

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4. 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)　

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5. The ingredient labels on the food package aim to provide accurate information to _____ consumers’ safety.　(第32期考題)　

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6. Try to stay calm. Under no circumstances can we _____ violence to settle conflicts.　(第36期考題)　

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

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8. The train _____, we had no choice but to spend another three hours waiting for the next one.　(第36期考題)　

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

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10. I lost my wallet on the MRT. It _____ stolen.　(第42期考題)　

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

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12. 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)　

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13. 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)　

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

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15. As a result of all the efforts the local government has been making, this small town _____ a large industrial city.　(第37期考題)　

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16. Don't push yourself too hard; taking a vacation _____ enables one to restore energy, so stop being tense all the time.　(第37期考題)　

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

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

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19. 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)　

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20. 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)　

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21. I am sorry, but you can't order beef noodles. We have _____ beef.　(第39期考題)　

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

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23. _____ 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)　

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24.

※請依上文回答問題※ All the following words can be used interchangeably in the passage except for　(第40期考題)　

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

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26. 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)　

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27. 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)　

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28. Once someone is suspected to be infected with coronavirus, he or she has to be kept in _____, so that others won't be infected.　(第40期考題)　

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29.

※請依上文回答問題※ The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses　(第40期考題)　

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

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31.

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

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

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33. The entire old town is designated as a pedestrian zone and free of cars. No _____ are allowed in this area.　(第33期考題)　

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34. Faced with the immense power of natural disasters like earthquakes or typhoons, humans, more often than not, appear _____ vulnerable.　(第37期考題)　

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35. 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)　

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

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

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38. To live a better life, _____ is learn from our past mistakes.　(第41期考題)　

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

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40. To cut costs, Veronica suggested _____ her apartment for shooting the scene.　(第39期考題)　

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41. The supervisor plans to talk to his team _____ the meeting. He thinks a pre-discussion is needed to facilitate the meeting.　(第42期考題)　

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42. 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)　

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

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

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

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46. 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)　

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47. It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech; immediately on attaining power each dictator has _____ all free speech except his own.　(第41期考題)　

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48. 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)　

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

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

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