12. To build a good brand image for the corporation, successful marketing strategies, such as designing a remarkable logo, are_________ to achieve this goal.
(A) inexplicable
(B) indispensable
(C) incompatible
(D) indistinguishable

8. The study indicates the effect of gender on loneliness. Females are _________ while adult males prefer being solitary. (A) punctilious (B) supercilious (C) vicarious (D) gregarious

9. Though the novel has written with high _________ to historical facts, the author has obviously added a little spice to the character. (A) fidelity (B) propriety (C) depravity (D) profundity

10. Although the world is opposed to the recruitment of _________ in wars, the use of them in wars is deeply rooted in history. (A) adversaries (B) votaries (C) mercenaries (D) luminaries

11. The _________ of Kavalan heritage on the old school site of National Ilan University has inspired the local people with the awareness of historical conservation. (A) exemption (B) excavation (C) execution (D) elaboration

13. With the prevalence of internet use, how to counter the potential problem of cyber harassment has become a(n) _________ issue. (A) unregenerate (B) inconceivable (C) predatory (D) pressing

14. For the young entrepreneurs with _________ financial resources, starting with a mobile business is more practical than running a brick-and-mortar one. (A) insufficient (B) inconceivable (C) inconvincible (D) indomitable

15. The making of a genius with a creative mind is usually attributed to his/her natural _________ rather than personal efforts. (A) enigma (B) entrapment (C) endowment (D) enfeeblement

1. The main idea of the passage is that ___________. (A) certain applications of AI technology provide insight into advances in the field (B) computer chess programs are now being designed to be more efficient and perform fewer calculations (C) computer chess programs will soon be able to defeat any human challenger (D) the public pays too much attention to frivolous applications of AI technology

2. According to the passage, the AI community did not view Deep Fritz’s draw as a failure because ___________. (A) Kramnik was a higher ranked chess player than Kasporov and was thus harder to defeat (B) researchers did not expect Deep Fritz to win because it only had eight processors (C) Deep Fritz’s performance suggested that programmers were approaching one of their goals (D) Deep Blue’s victory had already proven that a computer could beat a grand champion in chess

3. The author implies that human chess players ___________. (A) will not lose to Deep Fritz (B) will soon be unable to defeat most computer chess programs (C) are not able to analyze possible move combinations when playing chess (D) rely on pattern recognition skills when playing chess