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


2. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38期考題) 


3. You should dress up yourself on this formal _____. To show respect to the host, no slippers or casual clothes are allowed. (第42期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


9. The supervisor plans to talk to his team _____ the meeting. He thinks a pre-discussion is needed to facilitate the meeting. (第42期考題) 


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


11. Don't push yourself too hard; taking a vacation _____ enables one to restore energy, so stop being tense all the time. (第37期考題) 


12.

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


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


14. _____, he was killed together with his whole army. (第40期考題) 


15.

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


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


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


18. Maggie considers that hustle and bustle of New York annoying as she _____ in the tranquil countryside. (第37期考題) 


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


20.

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


21. 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) 


22.

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


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


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


25. Don’t lose faith in yourself; keep trying and someday your efforts will _____. (第32期考題) 


26. 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) 


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


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


29. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37期考題) 


30. _____ 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) 


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) 


32. The blind lawyer was rejected by over twenty law firms because of his disability, _____ he had a Harvard Law degree. (第42期考題) 


33. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


34. Unable to stand his daughter’s bad attitude anymore, Mr. Collins flew into a rage and slapped her across the face _____.  (第36期考題) 


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


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


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


38. The use of _____, although a traditional part of the celebration, has over the years led to many injuries and deaths.There have been incidents every year of users being blinded, losing body parts, or suffering other injuries, especially during festivities such as Chinese New Year season. (第41期考題) 


39. There are some easy ways to _____ water. For example, we can turn off the water while we are shaving or brushing our teeth. (第40期考題) 


40.   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) 


41. Whatever you say, I will _____ my principles and won’t change my opinions. (第33期考題) 


42. Peter got promoted again because he had shown great _____ in dealing with tough challenges and tasks. (第36期考題) 


43. The food company is recalling several dairy products for they have been _____ with plasticizer. (第32期考題) 


44. Smartphones are rather helpful in many aspects, and, as a result, many _____ it difficult to do without one. (第37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. James asked his father to drive him to the airport early; he wanted to _____ two hours before the flight. He was afraid to miss the flight. (第41期考題) 


47. Without proper guidance, new workers often ----- themselves clueless and frustrated in this big company. (第38期考題) 


48. 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) 


49. A Syrian boy, who attempted to reach Greece along with other refugees, was found lying dead on a Turkish beach, which _____ global refugee crisis. (第37期考題) 


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