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

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

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4. 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)　

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5. 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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6. Stop being so childish. _____ you like it or not, you must learn to be responsible and fulfill your obligations.　(第36期考題)　

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7. Due to the heavy rain, the citizens couldn't drive their cars, ----- take buses because the roads were flooded.　(第38期考題)　

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

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9. Ever since Larry’s best friends betrayed him, he has had trouble _____ close relationships with others.　(第36期考題)　

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10. _____ 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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11. Hotel Plaza de Toros has a modern cafeteria _____ you can enjoy from the typical Andalusian breakfast to an English breakfast.　(第41期考題)　

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12. 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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13. 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)　

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14. There are some easy ways to _____ water. For example, we can turn off the water while we are shaving or brushing our teeth.　(第40期考題)　

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15. 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)　

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16. Dying to pass the upcoming exams with flying colors, all Sarah has to do is _____.　(第37期考題)　

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17. He _____ his friend by telling lies about her behind her back.　(第33期考題)　

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

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19. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class.　(第34期考題)　

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20. 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)　

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

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

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23. _____ that the leader of the labor union decided to protest against the unfair treatment to the workers.　(第42期考題)　

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24. 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)　

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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. 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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27. 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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28. 　　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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29. Don’t lose faith in yourself; keep trying and someday your efforts will _____.　(第32期考題)　

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30. Astronauts will experience loss of appetite at the beginning of their time in space because their bodies are trying to _____ the new environment.　(第42期考題)　

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31. _____ they knew the typhoon had hit the island that they started to panic.　(第33期考題)　

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

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

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34. In the Indian culture, cows are thought to be _____ animals. They are respected in religious activities.　(第42期考題)　

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

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36. The boxing legend inspired his fans to never give up. When he got _____, he got back up again and kept fighting.　(第33期考題)　

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37. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately.　(第32期考題)　

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38. 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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39. 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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40. In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever when _____ the award at age 17.　(第41期考題)　

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

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42. The plot of the novel was so _____ that Mary couldn’t help but read on and finish it within one day.　(第34期考題)　

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43. 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)　

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

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

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46. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament.　(第39期考題)　

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

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

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49. 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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50. I advise you to visit the Modern Art Museum, ----- there are always great exhibitions and events going on.　(第38期考題)　

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