1. _____ others will you learn how to help yourself. (第41期考題) 


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


3. 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) 


4. Much of Ethan's house had already been destroyed before the firemen finally _____ the fire. (第40期考題) 


5. We have to _____ the connection between these two events in order to solve the problems they have caused. (第40期考題) 


6. Hotel Plaza de Toros has a modern cafeteria _____ you can enjoy from the typical Andalusian breakfast to an English breakfast. (第41期考題) 


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


8. 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) 


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


10. 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) 


11. I have made up my mind. _____ hard you persuade me, I won’t change my decision. (第36期考題) 


12. It is said that the MRT line will be extended to this town, and the townspeople are ----- it earnestly. (第38期考題) 


13. The tires of your car are _____. You should replace them now so that they won't burst on the road. (第39期考題) 


14. In the Indian culture, cows are thought to be _____ animals. They are respected in religious activities. (第42期考題) 


15. 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) 


16. 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) 


17. _____ that the leader of the labor union decided to protest against the unfair treatment to the workers. (第42期考題) 


18. 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) 


19. The reason millennials are called "strawberry generation" is _____ they are believed to be "easily bruised." (第37期考題) 


20.

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


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


22. 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) 


23. For decades, the vegetable vendor _____ most of her income to charities, which makes her such a great role model. (第37期考題) 


24. You will get sunburned if you are _____ to the scorching sun for too long without applying sunscreen. (第42期考題) 


25. Anderson hasn’t made up his mind _____. (第32期考題) 


26. In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever when _____ the award at age 17. (第41期考題) 


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


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


29.

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


30. 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) 


31. To live a better life, _____ is learn from our past mistakes. (第41期考題) 


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


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


34. Jenny lives right at the foot of Ali Mountain, but she was so busy that she only visits it ----- with guests. (第38期考題) 


35.   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? (第37期考題) 


36. 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) 


37. Liam got a letter from his girlfriend and he knew she was not happy. She didn’t say anything but Liam could tell by _____ that something was upsetting her. (第41期考題) 


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


39. _____ as Jason was, he tried hard to repress his overwhelming joy for fear that his opponents thought him arrogant. (第37期考題) 


40. Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that impacts student's ability to do math. Children with dyscalculia usually have difficulty _____ numbers, symbols, and related concepts. (第40期考題) 


41.

What was the California Supreme Court's decision on Diaz's appeal? (第38期考題) 


42. 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) 


43. A singer, songwriter, and actor, Bon Jovi is definitely one of the most _____ artists working today. (第32期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


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


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