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


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


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


4.

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


5. As more and more species are faced with extinction, how to sustain biodiversity is _____ great significance to human beings. (第37期考題) 


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


7. 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) 


8. The weather took a turn for the worse, the sailors _____ for the shore. (第33期考題) 


9. You should take the _____ and create chances for yourself instead of waiting passively. (第32期考題) 


10. Apparently, Mr. Flately has _____. He does not drink anymore and is helping her wife run the grocery store. (第32期考題) 


11. Love, respect, trust, and acceptance are important _____ in a happy and lasting marriage. (第34期考題) 


12.

※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) 


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


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


15. Flammable liquids, knives, and toy guns are _____ on board the aircraft. (第32期考題) 


16. Chen Shu-Chu is a person of _____ character. Although she is just a vegetable vendor, she donates lots of money to the charitable organizations without expecting anything in return. (第42期考題) 


17. Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that impacts student's ability to do math. Children with dyscalculia usually have difficulty _____ numbers, symbols, and related concepts. (第40期考題) 


18. _____ it was raining, Jason still insisted on his camping plan. (第42期考題) 


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


20.

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


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


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


23. _____ 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) 


24. _____ others will you learn how to help yourself. (第41期考題) 


25. _____ as Jason was, he tried hard to repress his overwhelming joy for fear that his opponents thought him arrogant. (第37期考題) 


26. James asked his father to drive him to the airport early; he wanted to _____ two hours before the flight. He was afraid to miss the flight. (第41期考題) 


27. Mackenzie Narbonne is a _____ athlete who has excelled in softball, soccer, floor hockey, powerlifting, and athletics. (第41期考題) 


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


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


30. 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) 


31. Even though he seems _____ most of the time, none can be more careful than he in terms of handling thorny situations. (第37期考題) 


32. _____ diseases, such as the flu or colds, spread from person to person in several ways. (第40期考題) 


33. 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) 


34. 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) 


35. 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) 


36.   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?

The word stifle is closest in meaning to _____ . (第37期考題) 


37. 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) 


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


39. Kids usually _____ Christmas and New Year. That's when they have a lot of fun eating and playing. (第39期考題) 


40. 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) 


41. Dying to pass the upcoming exams with flying colors, all Sarah has to do is _____. (第37期考題) 


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


43. 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) 


44. Without proper guidance, new workers often ----- themselves clueless and frustrated in this big company. (第38期考題) 


45. _____ graduating from college, I went off to look for a job. (第33期考題) 


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


47. It is important to be logical and clear when you write. You have to make yourself ----- by your readers. (第38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. Hazel’s boyfriend bossed her around _____ she were his slave. (第41期考題) 


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