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


2. _____, he was killed together with his whole army. (第40期考題) 


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


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


5. Emma took part in the beauty _____ and won the title of “Miss Tri-City of 1948.” (第41期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


11. The fireworks display was so _____ that the visitors could hardly take their eyes off it. (第39期考題) 


12. When Javier gets angry, he will sit down and _____ the feeling beneath the anger to help himself calm down. (第41期考題) 


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


14. Kate Middleton, _____ marriage to Britain’s Prince William made her Duchess of Cambridge, has played a key role in softening the royal image. (第32期考題) 


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


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


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


18. Though I don't _____ of many of my colleague's proposals, I have to admit that his ideas are very creative. (第39期考題) 


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


20. Mackenzie Narbonne is a _____ athlete who has excelled in softball, soccer, floor hockey, powerlifting, and athletics. (第41期考題) 


21.

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


22.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


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


24. 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) 


25. 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) 


26. 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) 


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


28. 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) 


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


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


31. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Don’t _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.” We should not delay doing anything we can do today. It’s good advice for all of us. (第41期考題) 


32. I had to give a three-minute speech in public, but the microphone broke down. _____ with horror, I couldn’t say a word. (第42期考題) 


33. 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) 


34.

※請依上文回答問題※ Which of the following will most likely benefit from the research mentioned in the passage? (第40期考題) 


35. The clever device _____ on the wall makes the room dry and comfortable even during humid days. (第36期考題) 


36. Emily is _____ the summer because she can pay a visit to her grandparents living in Japan. (第32期考題) 


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


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


39. 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) 


40. 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) 


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


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


43. You should dress up yourself on this formal _____. To show respect to the host, no slippers or casual clothes are allowed. (第42期考題) 


44. 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) 


45. 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) 


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?

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


47. 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) 


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


49. 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) 


50. Without proper guidance, new workers often ----- themselves clueless and frustrated in this big company. (第38期考題)