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


2. The food company is recalling several dairy products for they have been _____ with plasticizer. (第32期考題) 


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


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


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


6. Sarah _____ the cat that had fallen onto the MRT tracks and prevented it from getting hurt. (第33期考題) 


7. 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) 


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


9. 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) 


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


11. I know this discussion is an uncomfortable one, but please don't _____. Let's come straight to the point and get over with it. (第40期考題) 


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


13. For decades, the vegetable vendor _____ most of her income to charities, which makes her such a great role model. (第37期考題) 


14.

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


15. 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) 


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


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


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


19. A girl saw two thieves _____ her neighbor’s house. She called the police immediately. (第32期考題) 


20.   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) 


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


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


23. I make plenty of lifelong friends in my high school, _____ give me mental support when I feel down. (第42期考題) 


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


25. 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) 


26. Tina _____ when Tim offered to sell her the house at such a low price. She knew that something was not right. (第36期考題) 


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


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


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


30. The clever device _____ on the wall makes the room dry and comfortable even during humid days. (第36期考題) 


31. Mount Jade(玉山)is taller than ----- mountains in Taiwan. (第38期考題) 


32. _____ 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) 


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. Many truck drivers aren't aware that driving while they are _____ could also have disastrous consequences. Therefore, while feeling sick, they should avoid driving. (第40期考題) 


35. With so many cases of murder and mass shootings in the city, the government must take drastic _____ to reduce crime. (第36期考題) 


36.

※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) 


37. 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) 


38. I had to give a three-minute speech in public, but the microphone broke down. _____ with horror, I couldn’t say a word. (第42期考題) 


39. It is _____ that there are ups and downs in one’s life. (第32期考題) 


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


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


42. I have made up my mind. _____ hard you persuade me, I won’t change my decision. (第36期考題) 


43. _____ they knew the typhoon had hit the island that they started to panic. (第33期考題) 


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


45. 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) 


46. Stop being so childish. _____ you like it or not, you must learn to be responsible and fulfill your obligations. (第36期考題) 


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


48. 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) 


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


50. This young man was left paralyzed from the neck down _____ a serious car crash, which also claimed three lives. (第37期考題)