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


2. 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) 


3. It is good manners to dress formally at such an important international ----- where world leaders meet. (第38期考題) 


4. To cut costs, Veronica suggested _____ her apartment for shooting the scene. (第39期考題) 


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


6. 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) 


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


8. The ingredient labels on the food package aim to provide accurate information to _____ consumers’ safety. (第32期考題) 


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


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


11. 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) 


12. Some people _____ that spiders are insects. But in fact, they are relatives of insects. (第40期考題) 


13. Brian was depressed for a long time because he couldn’t find a job. When he finally received a job offer, he was _____. (第41期考題) 


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


15. The customer service manager asked all the staff to be _____ in responding to complaints. (第39期考題) 


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


17. The _____ of the company’s service has been greatly improved, and there are now fewer customer complaints. (第36期考題) 


18. _____ online video games, Paul has very little physical activity and spend less time with family and friends. (第32期考題) 


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


20. 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) 


21. 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) 


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


23. The train _____, we had no choice but to spend another three hours waiting for the next one. (第36期考題) 


24. The building plan ----- by Frank Lin, who has no idea what the clients need. (第38期考題) 


25. Hotel Plaza de Toros has a modern cafeteria _____ you can enjoy from the typical Andalusian breakfast to an English breakfast. (第41期考題) 


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


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


28.

※請依上文回答問題※ All the following words can be used interchangeably in the passage except for (第40期考題) 


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


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


31. Mr. Lee was fortunate enough to make a full _____ from the stock market before this recession. (第33期考題) 


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


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


34. Parents have the responsibility to teach their children to draw a clear _____ between right and wrong. (第39期考題) 


35. 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) 


36. 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) 


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


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


39. Before Kelly and Jasmine go back home, they ----- some friends in Paris. (第38期考題) 


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


41.

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


42. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


43. While the election campaign was filled with fake news, important public issues were often _____. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


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


48. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave. (第41期考題) 


49.   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) 


50. Anne will never let anything _____ her from pursuing her dream despite all the difficulties she's likely to encounter. (第37期考題)