單選題 每題2分

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1. Samuel was late again. He _____ up earlier this morning, but he didn't.　(第40期考題)　

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

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

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4. I _____ to enjoy playing basketball, but I don't have time for it now.　(第40期考題)　

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

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

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7. 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)　

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

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

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11. Bob’s nickname was “Beckham,” a _____ to the way he styled his hair.　(第33期考題)　

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

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13. An intelligent discussion can quickly _____ into a battle if the two parties allow it.　(第41期考題)　

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

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15. 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)　

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16. Children s hould avoid eating too many candies because they contain _____ flavors and colorings that are bad to their health.　(第36期考題)　

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

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18. I lost my wallet on the MRT. It _____ stolen.　(第42期考題)　

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19. Some people _____ that spiders are insects. But in fact, they are relatives of insects.　(第40期考題)　

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20. It is dangerous for us to _____ without grasping the whole picture. We need to clarify all the uncertain points before we make decisions.　(第42期考題)　

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

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22. 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)　

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23. German _____ power was restricted after World War II. The entire army was restricted to just 100,000 men, and the navy was reduced to just 15,000 men.　(第40期考題)　

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

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25. 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)　

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26. On top of the hill _____.　(第32期考題)　

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27. 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)　

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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)　

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

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

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

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32. 　　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)　

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33. Smartphones are rather helpful in many aspects, and, as a result, many _____ it difficult to do without one.　(第37期考題)　

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

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

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36. 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)　

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37. The weather took a turn for the worse, the sailors _____ for the shore.　(第33期考題)　

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

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

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

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

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42. I am sorry, but you can't order beef noodles. We have _____ beef.　(第39期考題)　

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43. Japanese people _____ bowing even when they talk on the phone.　(第33期考題)　

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

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

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47. 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)　

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48. 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)　

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49. The hotel Oliver was talking about _____ but I couldn’t remember where I had read about it.　(第41期考題)　

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

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