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


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


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


4. When the curtain _____ at the end of the play, the audience sat in stunned silence for at least three or four minutes. (第41期考題) 


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


6. 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) 


7. By the time Amy arrived at the airport, her boyfriend’s plane _____ already. (第36期考題) 


8. Technological and industrial development not only led to economic growth and _____ but also posed a threat to the ecological system. (第32期考題) 


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


10. 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) 


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


12. Smartphones are rather helpful in many aspects, and, as a result, many _____ it difficult to do without one. (第37期考題) 


13. Much of Ethan's house had already been destroyed before the firemen finally _____ the fire. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


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


18. 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) 


19. A new iPhone will be awarded to _____ comes up with the best name for the new fragrance. (第39期考題) 


20. To everyone's surprise, Paul _____ , devoted himself to charities, and even organized a non-profit organization helping the needy. (第37期考題) 


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


22. 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) 


23. Studies indicate that too much _____ to the sun harms our skin. Before going out, please put on some sunscreen. (第39期考題) 


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


25.

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


26. Emily is _____ the summer because she can pay a visit to her grandparents living in Japan. (第32期考題) 


27.

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


28. 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) 


29. After a series of tests, Brian proved to be the most competent among all the _____ , the one everyone could look to. (第37期考題) 


30. 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) 


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


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


33. _____ 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) 


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


35. Kim is _____ going to be furious when she sees the mess you made in the office. (第33期考題) 


36.

Judging from the context, what does the word boost mean? (第39期考題) 


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


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


39. It is said that the key word for this year is AI, which stands for ----- intelligence. (第38期考題) 


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


41. It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech; immediately on attaining power each dictator has _____ all free speech except his own. (第41期考題) 


42. Though the solution sounds perfect, it is not _____ because we don’t have enough time and money. (第36期考題) 


43. The angry manager ordered that the mistakes in the report _____ right away and then stormed out of the room. (第36期考題) 


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


45. During tourism seasons, this coastal town is _____ with visitors who expect to relax and enjoy the breathtaking scenery to their heart's content. (第37期考題) 


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


47. 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) 


48. Bob’s nickname was “Beckham,” a _____ to the way he styled his hair. (第33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?

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


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