1. Michael regrets when he was young, he _____ day by day without making good use of his time and now he still hasn't yet accomplished anything. (第37期考題) 


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


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


4. Jason and Billy are my twin brothers, who are over 40 now and living in New York and London, _____. (第36期考題) 


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


6. 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) 


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.

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


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


10. When doing an experiment, we should always _____ that safety is of the utmost importance. (第39期考題) 


11. Due to the serious knee injury, the tennis player had no choice but to _____ from the tournament. (第39期考題) 


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


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


14. As a result of all the efforts the local government has been making, this small town _____ a large industrial city. (第37期考題) 


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


16. 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) 


17. The disadvantage of this job is that the heavy workload and long working hours _____ of my family life. (第42期考題) 


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


19. 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) 


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


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


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


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


24.   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?

Which of the following statements is true about the technology? (第37期考題) 


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


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


27.

What was the California Supreme Court's decision on Diaz's appeal? (第38期考題) 


28. Our homeroom teacher was _____ when she knew two students skipped class and smoked on campus. (第42期考題) 


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


30. 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) 


31. A huge parade is held on the _____ of the 1959 revolution. It is one of the biggest annual events of the city. (第33期考題) 


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


33. The tires of your car are _____. You should replace them now so that they won't burst on the road. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


37.

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


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


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


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


41. The entire old town is designated as a pedestrian zone and free of cars. No _____ are allowed in this area. (第33期考題) 


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


43. _____, this basketball player still had excellent performances and got the MVP of the match. (第42期考題) 


44. 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) 


45. 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) 


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


47.

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


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


49. The plot of the novel was so _____ that Mary couldn’t help but read on and finish it within one day. (第34期考題) 


50. 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)