單選題 每題2分

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1. Dying to lose weight, some people _____ by eating nothing at all the entire day.　(第36期考題)　

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

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3. Mount Jade（玉山）is taller than ----- mountains in Taiwan.　(第38期考題)　

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

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

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

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

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

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9. _____ you believe it or not, I have witnessed the terrible car crash.　(第42期考題)　

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10. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says _____ is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases and infections.　(第41期考題)　

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11. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised.　(第38期考題)　

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12. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave.　(第41期考題)　

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13.

※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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14. An intelligent discussion can quickly _____ into a battle if the two parties allow it.　(第41期考題)　

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

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16.

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

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

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18. The hotel Oliver was talking about _____ but I couldn’t remember where I had read about it.　(第41期考題)　

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19. Singing a _____ while rocking a baby to sleep can help early language development. 　(第40期考題)　

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

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

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22. My grandparents have difficulty _____ used to the fast pace of city life.　(第32期考題)　

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23. 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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24. 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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25. From time to time criticism is unavoidable, which we can use in a positive way to improve, or in a negative way that may lower our _____ .　(第37期考題)　

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26. Jim is afraid of making mistakes. _____ this fear that prevents him from making progress.　(第39期考題)　

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27. This is a well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners as well as for those who want to _____ their French.　(第40期考題)　

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

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29. 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)　

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

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31. 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)　

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

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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)　

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

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35. A: I don't feel like cooking today.
B: _____ ordering a pizza instead?　(第39期考題)　

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

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37. It is said that the MRT line will be extended to this town, and the townspeople are ----- it earnestly.　(第38期考題)　

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

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39. These backpackers forgot to make hotel reservations in advance, so they _____ having nowhere to stay.　(第39期考題)　

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

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41. 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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42. The food company is recalling several dairy products for they have been _____ with plasticizer.　(第32期考題)　

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

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

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46. 　　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?

The word stifle is closest in meaning to _____ .　(第37期考題)　

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47. University fees in many countries _____ and many people cannot afford them.　(第41期考題)　

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48. A huge parade is held on the _____ of the 1959 revolution. It is one of the biggest annual events of the city.　(第33期考題)　

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

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