1. 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) 


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


3. 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) 


4. 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) 


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


6. 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) 


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


8. 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) 


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


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


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


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


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


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


15. Kate Middleton, _____ marriage to Britain’s Prince William made her Duchess of Cambridge, has played a key role in softening the royal image. (第32期考題) 


16. Astronauts will experience loss of appetite at the beginning of their time in space because their bodies are trying to _____ the new environment. (第42期考題) 


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


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


19. 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) 


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


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


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


23. The benefits of vitamins are too numerous to _____, but taking massive amounts of vitamins may do us harm. (第34期考題) 


24. The competition has to be postponed ----- some problems with the rules, which may still have to be revised. (第38期考題) 


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


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


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


28. Once someone is suspected to be infected with coronavirus, he or she has to be kept in _____, so that others won't be infected. (第40期考題) 


29. On Christmas Eve, all flights were cancelled _____ the heavy snowstorm. Many tourists were disappointed about the delay of their family reunion. (第42期考題) 


30. Maria, my German friend, considers the dishwasher an indispensable home ----- and wonders why it is not common in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


31. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


32. 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) 


33. 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) 


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


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


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


37.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


38.

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


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


40. From time to time criticism is unavoidable, which we can use in a positive way to improve, or in a negative way that may lower our _____ . (第37期考題) 


41. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately. (第32期考題) 


42. Despite the disabilities, Nathan's parents treated him like an ordinary child ----- he felt inferior to others. (第38期考題) 


43. When Sebastian fainted, we quickly laid him down on his back. Fortunately he _____ before we called 911. (第40期考題) 


44.

What is the best title for this article? (第39期考題) 


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


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


47. Singing a _____ while rocking a baby to sleep can help early language development.  (第40期考題) 


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


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


50.   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?

What can we infer from the passage? (第37期考題)