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


2. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


3. 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) 


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


5. The U.S. presidential ----- is more than a year away, but more than 20 people are ready to join the race. (第38期考題) 


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


7. Michael regrets when he was young, he _____ day by day without making good use of his time and now he still hasn't yet accomplished anything. (第37期考題) 


8. 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) 


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


10. Tourism is Egypt’s _____ lifeline, representing almost 12% of its national income. (第34期考題) 


11. 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) 


12. Ever since Larry’s best friends betrayed him, he has had trouble _____ close relationships with others. (第36期考題) 


13. She was _____ during the surgery, so she didn’t feel any pain. (第33期考題) 


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


15. Even though he seems _____ most of the time, none can be more careful than he in terms of handling thorny situations. (第37期考題) 


16. 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) 


17. I know this discussion is an uncomfortable one, but please don't _____. Let's come straight to the point and get over with it. (第40期考題) 


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


19. The woman is new in our neighborhood. Do you know _____? (第39期考題) 


20. _____ the more money you spend on lunch dates, birthday parties and gifts. (第41期考題) 


21. It is said that the key word for this year is AI, which stands for ----- intelligence. (第38期考題) 


22. A: Are you familiar with the please _____ in the TV show?
B: No, I don't know any of them. (第39期考題) 


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


24. _____ makes life worth living is not what you can get but what you can give. (第33期考題) 


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


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


27. 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) 


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


29. 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) 


30. _____, this basketball player still had excellent performances and got the MVP of the match. (第42期考題) 


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


32. 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) 


33.   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) 


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


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


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


37. 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) 


38. 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) 


39. I advise you to visit the Modern Art Museum, ----- there are always great exhibitions and events going on. (第38期考題) 


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


41. Michigan Stadium has a seating _____ of 107,601. It is the second largest stadium in the world and the largest in the United States. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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?

Which of the following statements is true about the technology? (第37期考題) 


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


46. Though the couple had been married for three years, they _____ a divorce. (第42期考題) 


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


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


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


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