1. A new iPhone will be awarded to _____ comes up with the best name for the new fragrance. (第39期考題) 


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


3. 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) 


4. 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) 


5. _____, Alora remained seated during the whole parade. (第41期考題) 


6. After the cruel murder, all the elementary schools should take measures to _____ anyone suspicious from entering the campus. (第42期考題) 


7. 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) 


8. Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the U.S. It _____ in 1872. (第40期考題) 


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


10. Ned is determined to go to college _____ he has very little support from his family. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


14. Out of intense curiosity, Linda _____ the temptation and opened her sister’s letter. (第36期考題) 


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


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


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


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


19. 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) 


20. A: Lance has been ----- all day today. B: Yes, he has an allergy to particles in the air and that's why. (第38期考題) 


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


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


23. 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) 


24. 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) 


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


26. The novelist _____ many speech invitations to concentrate on writing his next new novel. (第42期考題) 


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


28.

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


29. 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) 


30. As a result of all the efforts the local government has been making, this small town _____ a large industrial city. (第37期考題) 


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


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


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


34. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


35.

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


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


37. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


38. 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) 


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


40.   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) 


41. 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) 


42.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


43. Although it is possible nowadays to have apps ----- many expressions into another language for us, it is still important to learn to speak a foreign language. (第38期考題) 


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


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


46. Apparently, Mr. Flately has _____. He does not drink anymore and is helping her wife run the grocery store. (第32期考題) 


47. Maria, my German friend, considers the dishwasher an indispensable home ----- and wonders why it is not common in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


48.

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


49. A perfectionist such as Daniel always ----- to make sure nothing goes wrong. He is obsessed with details. (第38期考題) 


50. 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)