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


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


3. The U.S. presidential ----- is more than a year away, but more than 20 people are ready to join the race. (第38期考題) 


4. Flammable liquids, knives, and toy guns are _____ on board the aircraft. (第32期考題) 


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


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


7. So far the spending on this project is still on -----. We have to be careful not to spend more than planned. (第38期考題) 


8. _____, this basketball player still had excellent performances and got the MVP of the match. (第42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. The disadvantage of this job is that the heavy workload and long working hours _____ of my family life. (第42期考題) 


11. Anne will never let anything _____ her from pursuing her dream despite all the difficulties she's likely to encounter. (第37期考題) 


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


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


14.

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


23. 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) 


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


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


26. Studies indicate that too much _____ to the sun harms our skin. Before going out, please put on some sunscreen. (第39期考題) 


27. Tina _____ when Tim offered to sell her the house at such a low price. She knew that something was not right. (第36期考題) 


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


29. Jason and Billy are my twin brothers, who are over 40 now and living in New York and London, _____. (第36期考題) 


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


31. 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) 


32.

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


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


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


35. 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) 


36.   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) 


37. 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) 


38. His arrogance and vanity stopped him _____ what really mattered to him. (第32期考題) 


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


40. You should take the _____ and create chances for yourself instead of waiting passively. (第32期考題) 


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


42. Since the building has tilted sideways after the earthquake, it has to be ----- to ensure public safety. (第38期考題) 


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


44. Chen Shu-Chu is a person of _____ character. Although she is just a vegetable vendor, she donates lots of money to the charitable organizations without expecting anything in return. (第42期考題) 


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


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


47. Michigan Stadium has a seating _____ of 107,601. It is the second largest stadium in the world and the largest in the United States. (第40期考題) 


48. The tires of your car are _____. You should replace them now so that they won't burst on the road. (第39期考題) 


49. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


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