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


2. Our homeroom teacher was _____ when she knew two students skipped class and smoked on campus. (第42期考題) 


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


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


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


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


7. Anderson hasn’t made up his mind _____. (第32期考題) 


8. Leo decided to get divorced, _____. (第40期考題) 


9. The students had a heated _____ over the issue of the death penalty in their civics class. (第34期考題) 


10. _____ the wind blowing so hard, I don’t think the seas will calm down. (第33期考題) 


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


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


13. Some young people _____ about having a job that is well-paid and easy to do. (第32期考題) 


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


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


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


17. I advise you to visit the Modern Art Museum, ----- there are always great exhibitions and events going on. (第38期考題) 


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


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


20. Singing a _____ while rocking a baby to sleep can help early language development.  (第40期考題) 


21.

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


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


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


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


25. 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) 


26. A: Are you familiar with the please _____ in the TV show?
B: No, I don't know any of them. (第39期考題) 


27. 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) 


28. To pay his way through college, Allen takes a couple of part-time jobs, one of _____ is tutoring elementary school students. (第37期考題) 


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


30. Kate Middleton, _____ marriage to Britain’s Prince William made her Duchess of Cambridge, has played a key role in softening the royal image. (第32期考題) 


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


32.

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


33. People say he is _____ incompetent _____ does not care, but for me, he is just a hopeless idealist. (第33期考題) 


34.   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?

Where are we most likely to find this article? (第37期考題) 


35.

※請依上文回答問題※ Which of the following will most likely benefit from the research mentioned in the passage? (第40期考題) 


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


37. Tourism is Egypt’s _____ lifeline, representing almost 12% of its national income. (第34期考題) 


38. 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) 


39. 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) 


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


41. Charlotte _____ a shower when the power suddenly went out. (第41期考題) 


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


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


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


45.

What doesn't happen to the brain when it gets old? (第39期考題) 


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


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


48. Out of intense curiosity, Linda _____ the temptation and opened her sister’s letter. (第36期考題) 


49. Don't push yourself too hard; taking a vacation _____ enables one to restore energy, so stop being tense all the time. (第37期考題) 


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