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


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


3. 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) 


4. 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) 


5. 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) 


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


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


8. A Syrian boy, who attempted to reach Greece along with other refugees, was found lying dead on a Turkish beach, which _____ global refugee crisis. (第37期考題) 


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


10. 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) 


11. On top of the hill _____. (第32期考題) 


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


13. Although it is possible nowadays to have apps ----- many expressions into another language for us, it is still important to learn to speak a foreign language. (第38期考題) 


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


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


16. Whatever you say, I will _____ my principles and won’t change my opinions. (第33期考題) 


17. We have to _____ the connection between these two events in order to solve the problems they have caused. (第40期考題) 


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


19.

※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) 


20.

Based on your understanding of the article, what does the Fourth Amendment protect the people against? (第38期考題) 


21. 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) 


22. 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) 


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


24. Learning for her grandfather's death, Sally was struck dumb with tears _____ down her cheeks. (第37期考題) 


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


26. Pressured by public anger, the mayor finally admitted his mistake and _____ for his rude remarks. (第36期考題) 


27.

The experts in this article indicate that a sense of humor is important because _____. (第39期考題) 


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


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


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


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


32. Keven, on behalf of his company, successfully signed a contract with a multinational corporation this morning. He _____ ecstatic at that moment. (第37期考題) 


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


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


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


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


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


38. Did Penelope tell you _____? (第40期考題) 


39. You will get sunburned if you are _____ to the scorching sun for too long without applying sunscreen. (第42期考題) 


40. 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) 


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


42. Before Kelly and Jasmine go back home, they ----- some friends in Paris. (第38期考題) 


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


44. It is likely _____ she is just jealous seeing you talking to other girls. (第33期考題) 


45.   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) 


46. After the cruel murder, all the elementary schools should take measures to _____ anyone suspicious from entering the campus. (第42期考題) 


47. 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) 


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


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


50.

Based on the context, what is the meaning of "abused"? (第38期考題)