1. Unable to stand his daughter’s bad attitude anymore, Mr. Collins flew into a rage and slapped her across the face _____.  (第36期考題) 


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


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


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


5. Before Kelly and Jasmine go back home, they ----- some friends in Paris. (第38期考題) 


6. 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) 


7. On Christmas Eve, all flights were cancelled _____ the heavy snowstorm. Many tourists were disappointed about the delay of their family reunion. (第42期考題) 


8. It is the _____ moment for him, so instead of feeling depressed, he'd better pull himself together and try his upmost. (第37期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


16. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


17. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37期考題) 


18.

※請依上文回答問題※ According to the passage, which of the following is true? (第40期考題) 


19. 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) 


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


21. 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) 


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


23. The capable student was _____ the chairperson of the Student Association. He will be in charge of the coming school anniversary. (第42期考題) 


24.   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) 


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


26. 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) 


27. 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) 


28. 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) 


29. _____ diseases, such as the flu or colds, spread from person to person in several ways. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


33. It is good manners to dress formally at such an important international ----- where world leaders meet. (第38期考題) 


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


35. 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) 


36.

※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) 


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


38. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38期考題) 


39. 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) 


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


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


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


43. 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) 


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


45. _____ all the detailed guidelines printed on the box, everyone is capable of operating the device with ease. (第36期考題) 


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


47. 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) 


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


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


50. Brian was depressed for a long time because he couldn’t find a job. When he finally received a job offer, he was _____. (第41期考題)