1. Bullying will leave a lifelong mental scar that _____ affects children into adulthood. (第32期考題) 


2. Since I first stepped foot on this beautiful island, I _____ by the country. (第33期考題) 


3. 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) 


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


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


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


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


8. Michigan Stadium has a seating _____ of 107,601. It is the second largest stadium in the world and the largest in the United States. (第40期考題) 


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


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


11. 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) 


12. The novelist _____ many speech invitations to concentrate on writing his next new novel. (第42期考題) 


13. 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) 


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


15. 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) 


16. The teddy bear looks old and tattered, but it is the most ----- thing in Kay's room, She loves it dearly. (第38期考題) 


17. A perfectionist such as Daniel always ----- to make sure nothing goes wrong. He is obsessed with details. (第38期考題) 


18.   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? (第37期考題) 


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


20. When traveling solo in a foreign country, you cannot be _____ careful about any stranger getting close to you; that person may be a pickpocket. (第37期考題) 


21. 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) 


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


23. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Don’t _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.” We should not delay doing anything we can do today. It’s good advice for all of us. (第41期考題) 


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


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


26. 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) 


27.

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


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


29.

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


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


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


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


33. Due to the heavy rain, the citizens couldn't drive their cars, ----- take buses because the roads were flooded. (第38期考題) 


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


35. _____ makes life worth living is not what you can get but what you can give. (第33期考題) 


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


37. 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) 


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


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


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


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


42. The police are _____ a tall, middle-aged man who was seen outside the bank just before the robbery. (第39期考題) 


43. 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) 


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


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


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


47. The core of Mediterranean diet is high _____ of olive oil, unrefined cereals, fruits, and vegetables. (第32期考題) 


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


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


50. This is a well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners as well as for those who want to _____ their French. (第40期考題)