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


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


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


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


5. The restaurant in Taipei _____ I had my first Taiwanese meal was a small and cozy place with great service. (第39期考題) 


6. 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) 


7. Since I first stepped foot on this beautiful island, I _____ by the country. (第33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. A: I don't feel like cooking today.
B: _____ ordering a pizza instead? (第39期考題) 


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


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


12. 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) 


13. Feeling like an outsider in the family, John doesn’t know how to chat with his siblings easily and always has a sense of _____. (第42期考題) 


14. As a result of all the efforts the local government has been making, this small town _____ a large industrial city. (第37期考題) 


15. 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) 


16. 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) 


17.

Under what circumstances do some people consider it legal to search through someone's cellphone?  (第38期考題) 


18. Even though every smartphone has a clock on it, wrist watches are still _____. (第33期考題) 


19. 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) 


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


21. Japanese people _____ bowing even when they talk on the phone. (第33期考題) 


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


23. We have to cancel tonight’s concert because neither you nor I _____ prepared. (第32期考題) 


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


25. On Christmas Eve, all flights were cancelled _____ the heavy snowstorm. Many tourists were disappointed about the delay of their family reunion. (第42期考題) 


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


27. In the Indian culture, cows are thought to be _____ animals. They are respected in religious activities. (第42期考題) 


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


29. A _____ heat wave hit Southwestern Asia in late July and early August 2011, with temperatures in Iraq exceeding 49°C. (第40期考題) 


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


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


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


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


34. 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) 


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


36. 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) 


37. 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) 


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


39.   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) 


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


41.

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


42. The corpse was _____ on the basis of dental records. That is, by examining the teeth of the dead, we can find out who the body is. (第33期考題) 


43. 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) 


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


45. 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) 


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


47. Many find it difficult to buy a(n) _____ affordable apartment in a big city because housing prices have been rising. (第37期考題) 


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


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


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