單選題 每題2分

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1. 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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2. 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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3. Firefighters are _____ heroes, who risk their lives to help others.　(第33期考題)　

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

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5. 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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6. Japanese people _____ bowing even when they talk on the phone.　(第33期考題)　

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7. Learning for her grandfather's death, Sally was struck dumb with tears _____ down her cheeks.　(第37期考題)　

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8. I make plenty of lifelong friends in my high school, _____ give me mental support when I feel down.　(第42期考題)　

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9. While the election campaign was filled with fake news, important public issues were often _____.　(第39期考題)　

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10.

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

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11. Keep the painting indoors because the colors will fade if they are _____ to sunlight.　(第36期考題)　

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

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

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15. 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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16. 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)　

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17. After a series of tests, Brian proved to be the most competent among all the _____ , the one everyone could look to.　(第37期考題)　

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18. Peter got promoted again because he had shown great _____ in dealing with tough challenges and tasks.　(第36期考題)　

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

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

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

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

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24. Though the couple had been married for three years, they _____ a divorce.　(第42期考題)　

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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. Pressured by public anger, the mayor finally admitted his mistake and _____ for his rude remarks.　(第36期考題)　

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29.

Based on your understanding of the article, what does the Fourth Amendment protect the people against?　(第38期考題)　

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30. The famous fashion designer, Jason Wu, preferred to play with dolls and dressed them up, _____ play sports when he was a little boy.　(第42期考題)　

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

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32. 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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33. 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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34. Lucy _____ temptation and ate the last piece of chocolate.　(第33期考題)　

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

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36. Some young people _____ about having a job that is well-paid and easy to do.　(第32期考題)　

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37. A _____ heat wave hit Southwestern Asia in late July and early August 2011, with temperatures in Iraq exceeding 49°C.　(第40期考題)　

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

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

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40. _____ 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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41. I know this discussion is an uncomfortable one, but please don't _____. Let's come straight to the point and get over with it.　(第40期考題)　

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42. I _____ to enjoy playing basketball, but I don't have time for it now.　(第40期考題)　

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43. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain.　(第33期考題)　

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44. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings.　(第37期考題)　

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

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46. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery.　(第39期考題)　

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47. 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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48.

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

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49. 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)　

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

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