1.

What can influence the effectiveness of the research mentioned in this article? (第39期考題) 


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


3. The famous fashion designer, Jason Wu, preferred to play with dolls and dressed them up, _____ play sports when he was a little boy. (第42期考題) 


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


5. _____ all the detailed guidelines printed on the box, everyone is capable of operating the device with ease. (第36期考題) 


6. 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) 


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


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


9.

※請依上文回答問題※ The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses (第40期考題) 


10. 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) 


11. Tim _____ mad at others easily. However, ever since he took the course of anger management, he has seldom lost his temper. (第36期考題) 


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


13. The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says _____ is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases and infections. (第41期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


21. 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) 


22. What bad luck! Most of his luggage ----- stolen. (第38期考題) 


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


24. 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) 


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


26. Leo decided to get divorced, _____. (第40期考題) 


27. The fireworks display was so _____ that the visitors could hardly take their eyes off it. (第39期考題) 


28. In all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants, you can eat _____. (第33期考題) 


29. The capable student was _____ the chairperson of the Student Association. He will be in charge of the coming school anniversary. (第42期考題) 


30. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37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. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


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


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


35. _____, Alora remained seated during the whole parade. (第41期考題) 


36.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


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


38. 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) 


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


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


41. _____, Owen stormed out of the room and banged the door behind him. (第40期考題) 


42. Isabella doesn't like to discuss her personal problems publicly; she prefers to talk about them _____. (第40期考題) 


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


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


45. Paris has long been _____the most romantic city in the world. (第32期考題) 


46. His arrogance and vanity stopped him _____ what really mattered to him. (第32期考題) 


47. 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) 


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


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


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