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

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2. If you _____ me, would you accept the proposal from a man you just met for the first time?　(第32期考題)　

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3. Isabella doesn't like to discuss her personal problems publicly; she prefers to talk about them _____.　(第40期考題)　

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

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5. Feeling like an outsider in the family, John doesn’t know how to chat with his siblings easily and always has a sense of _____.　(第42期考題)　

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

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7. _____ online video games, Paul has very little physical activity and spend less time with family and friends.　(第32期考題)　

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8. Rebecca didn’t show up last night; she _____ about our date.　(第32期考題)　

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

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10. 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)　

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11. Peter is _____ about his achievements; he credits the success to his research team.　(第39期考題)　

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12.

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

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13.

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

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14. The angry manager ordered that the mistakes in the report _____ right away and then stormed out of the room.　(第36期考題)　

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

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16. _____ 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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17. 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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18. Be patient. The longer you wait, _____ you are to meet the superstar.　(第36期考題)　

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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)　

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

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21.

Under what circumstances do some people consider it legal to search through someone's cellphone? 　(第38期考題)　

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

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23.

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

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24.

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

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25. Kim is _____ going to be furious when she sees the mess you made in the office.　(第33期考題)　

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

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

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

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29. The corpse was _____ on the basis of dental records. That is, by examining the teeth of the dead, we can find out who the body is.　(第33期考題)　

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30. 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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31. There is a sign saying “No trespassing.” This area is a private place, so people cannot enter this place without the owner’s _____.　(第42期考題)　

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32. It is likely _____ she is just jealous seeing you talking to other girls.　(第33期考題)　

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33. Kids usually _____ Christmas and New Year. That's when they have a lot of fun eating and playing.　(第39期考題)　

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

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35. 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)　

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36. Jim is afraid of making mistakes. _____ this fear that prevents him from making progress.　(第39期考題)　

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37.

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

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

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

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41.

What can influence the effectiveness of the research mentioned in this article?　(第39期考題)　

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42. 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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43. 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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44. 　　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)　

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45. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised.　(第38期考題)　

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46. 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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47. When doing an experiment, we should always _____ that safety is of the utmost importance.　(第39期考題)　

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48.

※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)　

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49. The benefits of vitamins are too numerous to _____, but taking massive amounts of vitamins may do us harm.　(第34期考題)　

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

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