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


2. 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) 


3. 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) 


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


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


6.

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


7. 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) 


8. University fees in many countries _____ and many people cannot afford them. (第41期考題) 


9. By the time Amy arrived at the airport, her boyfriend’s plane _____ already. (第36期考題) 


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


11. Firefighters are _____ heroes, who risk their lives to help others. (第33期考題) 


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


13. 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) 


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


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


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


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


18. Though I don't _____ of many of my colleague's proposals, I have to admit that his ideas are very creative. (第39期考題) 


19. Emma took part in the beauty _____ and won the title of “Miss Tri-City of 1948.” (第41期考題) 


20.

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


21. My grandparents have difficulty _____ used to the fast pace of city life. (第32期考題) 


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


23. Reading novels is great mental exercise because it stimulates your _____ as well as improves your brain power. (第39期考題) 


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


25. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


26. Many people find _____ impossible to lose weight without the help of a professional. (第41期考題) 


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


28.

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


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


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


31.   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?

The word stifle is closest in meaning to _____ . (第37期考題) 


32. 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) 


33. Keep the painting indoors because the colors will fade if they are _____ to sunlight. (第36期考題) 


34. Studies indicate that too much _____ to the sun harms our skin. Before going out, please put on some sunscreen. (第39期考題) 


35.

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


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


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


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


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


40. 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) 


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


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


43. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


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


45. 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) 


46. You should take the _____ and create chances for yourself instead of waiting passively. (第32期考題) 


47. The boxing legend inspired his fans to never give up. When he got _____, he got back up again and kept fighting. (第33期考題) 


48. If the world's rain forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many species _____ extinct. (第39期考題) 


49. 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) 


50. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class. (第34期考題)