A new deep learning framework was ______ by the research team last week before being tested on benchmark datasets.
(A) presenting
(B) will present
(C) presented
(D) presents
解説
正解は (C) presented。
文脈は「〜された（過去に行われた）」なので過去形の受動態が自然。研究チームによってフレームワークが提示されたことを表している。
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If you let ______ know when your model training will finish, they will allocate GPU resources for evaluation.
(A) him
(B) he
(C) his
(D) himself
解説
正解は (A) him。
「let + 人 + know」の形なので目的格 him が必要。
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All employees are expected to attend the annual ______ on AI ethics to be held at the Global Research Center.
(A) tradition
(B) ceremony
(C) custom
(D) ritual
解説
正解は (B) ceremony。
年次の「授与式」や「式典」を表すのは ceremony。他は伝統 (tradition)、習慣 (custom)、儀式 (ritual) で文脈不適。
⸻
Over the past five years, the computation speed of our AI accelerator has ______ three times.
(A) during
(B) until
(C) by
(D) over
解説
正解は (D) over。
「この5年間で〜」は over the past five years が定型。
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Once the new machine learning system is ______, the team expects productivity in data annotation to increase significantly.
(A) installation
(B) installing
(C) install
(D) installed
解説
正解は (D) installed。
「once + 過去分詞」で「インストールされれば」。受動態が必要。
⸻
Because of his rich experience in reinforcement learning, Dr. Lee was ______ as the project manager.
(A) by
(B) because of
(C) so
(D) then
解説
正解は (B) because of。
「〜の理由で」は because of が自然。
⸻
A detailed ______ of the experiment revealed that the majority of users preferred interpretable models.
(A) analyze
(B) analyzes
(C) analyzed
(D) analysis
解説
正解は (D) analysis。
「詳細な分析」という名詞が必要。
Choi has trained models with the new framework for only a short time, but he has ______ become the top researcher in the European AI team.
(A) already
(B) before
(C) once
(D) after
Answer: (A) already
解説: 「短い期間しか使っていないのに、すでにトップ研究者になった」という文脈なので、時を表す副詞 already が自然。
⸻
Professor Chang was invited ______ a keynote on reinforcement learning at the Global AI Conference.
(A) delivered
(B) delivering
(C) to deliver
(D) deliver
Answer: (C) to deliver
解説: 「invite 人 to do」で「人を〜するよう招待する」という決まり文句。ここでは to deliver が正しい。
⸻
If you haven’t registered for the company’s summer hackathon yet, you should do so today ______ tell your manager that you won’t participate.
(A) or
(B) either
(C) both
(D) neither
Answer: (A) or
解説: 「〜するか、そうでなければ…」の意味なので接続詞 or が正解。
⸻
To schedule Dr. Ming’s next AI consultation, please contact the assistant between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(A) consulted
(B) consultant
(C) consultation
(D) consults
Answer: (C) consultation
解説: 名詞「相談・診察」を表す consultation が適切。文全体は「次回のAIコンサルを予約するには…」という意味。
The research team expected the new neural network to perform well, but in reality, the results were ______ disappointing.
(A) therefore
(B) either
(C) however
(D) then
Answer: (C) however
解説: 予測と現実の対比なので、逆接の接続詞 however が自然。
⸻
Hermes AI Lab ______ hires additional data engineers during peak training seasons.
(A) frequently
(B) frequent
(C) frequents
(D) frequency
Answer: (A) frequently
解説: 「しばしば雇う」という意味を表す副詞が必要。形容詞 frequent や名詞 frequency は不適。
⸻
Shane is waiting for the ______ of payment from the client so that he can confirm the latest GPU order.
(A) revision
(B) confirmation
(C) cancellation
(D) promotion
Answer: (B) confirmation
解説: 「入金確認」という文脈なので confirmation が正しい。revision（改訂）、promotion（昇進）は合わない。
⸻
The director will make a decision this afternoon on ______ Beth should be promoted to the lead data scientist position.
(A) whether
(B) about
(C) this
(D) before
Answer: (A) whether
解説: 「〜かどうか」という接続詞 whether が必要。
⸻
Infodyne Systems ______ help from Goldman Electronics when designing new hardware for their AI accelerator.
(A) accepted
(B) helped
(C) produced
(D) fired
Answer: (A) accepted
解説: 「支援を受けた」は accepted help が正しい表現。他の選択肢は文脈に合わない。
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Brisbane AI Solutions is a relatively new company specializing in ______ large enterprises with their machine learning operations.
(A) near
(B) relatively
(C) usually
(D) jointly
Answer: (B) relatively
解説: 「比較的新しい会社」であり、副詞 relatively が自然。
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Kim was praised by her manager for organizing a very ______ meeting about the new product line and target markets.
(A) informative
(B) informing
(C) informatively
(D) informer
Answer: (A) informative
解説: 「有益なミーティング」なので、形容詞 informative が最適。
⸻
A detailed ______ of the experiment showed that most participants preferred interpretable AI models.
(A) analyze
(B) analyzes
(C) analyzed
(D) analysis
Answer: (D) analysis
解説: 名詞「分析」が必要。analysis が正解。
Before being hired as a researcher at Houston Financial Group, Choi had ______ as a data scientist at a major competitor.
(A) involved
(B) served
(C) consulted
(D) attended
Answer: (B) served
解説: 「勤務していた」という意味には serve as が自然。researcher の職務経験に合う。
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Team members who finish their part of the experiment report before the deadline must contact Shin to ask ______ further instructions.
(A) by
(B) with
(C) for
(D) as
Answer: (C) for
解説: 「ask for instructions（指示を求める）」が定型。
⸻
Vulcan Motors showed determination to improve efficiency by ______ an advanced inventory management system into its production facility.
(A) increase
(B) increases
(C) increasing
(D) increased
Answer: (C) increasing
解説: 前置詞 by の後は動名詞。
⸻
Silver Star claims to provide all employees with competitive salaries, sufficient benefits, and excellent promotion opportunities.
(A) repetitive
(B) competitive
(C) subjective
(D) intense
Answer: (B) competitive
解説: 「他社に負けない＝競争力のある給与」という文脈なので competitive が正解。
⸻
Once Mondetta Tour releases its new website design, booking flights online will become much easier ______ before.
(A) instead
(B) after
(C) beyond
(D) than
Answer: (D) than
解説: 比較表現「〜よりも簡単になる」で than が自然。
⸻
Since the current supplier has caused repeated delays, we have no choice but to look for another ______ to provide the necessary components.
(A) vend
(B) vending
(C) vendor
(D) vends
Answer: (C) vendor
解説: 「供給者」は名詞 vendor。
⸻
To take advantage of the new vacation policy, all employees must first fill out and submit a form that specifies their ______ holiday period.
(A) associated
(B) supported
(C) desired
(D) subsequent
Answer: (C) desired
解説: 「希望の休暇期間」は desired holiday period。
⸻
Next quarter, White Star Audio will begin a national advertising campaign to ______ its latest AI-powered music player.
(A) assign
(B) implement
(C) increase
(D) promote
Answer: (D) promote
解説: 「宣伝する」は promote が正しい。
⸻
Maginot Systems ______ publishes antivirus updates to ensure protection against the latest cyber threats.
(A) continual
(B) constantly
(C) continue
(D) continuous
Answer: (B) constantly
解説: 「頻繁に公開する」は副詞 constantly が最適。
Before submitting the research proposal to the committee, we must show how ______ this NLP-based advertising campaign can be.
(A) persuade
(B) persuasion
(C) to persuade
(D) persuasive
Answer: (D) persuasive
解説: 「説得力のある」という形容詞が必要なので persuasive が正解。
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By introducing a new company-wide flexible work environment, Nov&Co has ______ improved the productivity of all its NLP engineers.
(A) dramatically
(B) theoretically
(C) oppositely
(D) reversely
Answer: (A) dramatically
解説: 「劇的に改善した」は dramatically improved が自然。
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In addition to offering a vast collection of movie reviews, Limelight.com also provides the latest news and gossip from Hollywood, often processed with NLP to detect ______ language.
(A) relevant
(B) extensive
(C) enthusiastic
(D) passionate
Answer: (C) enthusiastic
解説: 「熱狂的な言語（enthusiastic language）」を分析するのが自然。
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Even if a customer is satisfied with purchasing a laptop at first, it is not unusual for them to upgrade to a higher-performance NLP model within 12 months. ______, the cycle of demand is fast.
(A) Nevertheless
(B) No matter how
(C) Although
(D) Whenever
Answer: (A) Nevertheless
解説: 「それにもかかわらず」の意味で前後をつなぐ。
⸻
By offering a multi-color product line, our company expects an ______ of 15% in sales for NLP-driven applications next quarter.
(A) set
(B) collection
(C) array
(D) pattern
Answer: (C) array
解説: 「多様な製品ライン」＝ array of products が自然。
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Bornstein Funds, which just adopted a restructuring plan to make the company financially more sustainable, announced it would temporarily lay off 1,800 employees, many of whom worked in ______-based NLP projects.
(A) when
(B) whose
(C) which
(D) who
Answer: (B) whose
解説: 「従業員の多くは〜のプロジェクトに従事していた」→ whose projects が自然。
⸻
In addition to the usual safety training, LKJ Shipping requires all workers to be officially ______ to handle hazardous materials, including text-mined chemical data.
(A) deployed
(B) defined
(C) specified
(D) certified
Answer: (D) certified
解説: 「有害物質を扱う資格を持つ」＝ certified。
⸻
To maintain its position as a key player in regional development, Sunfice Corp. will use as much local supply as possible, ______ relying on imported NLP tools.
(A) rarely
(B) never
(C) again
(D) briefly
Answer: (A) rarely
解説: 「めったに〜しない」＝ rarely relying on imports。
⸻
As a spokesperson, Kim said she could answer even the toughest questions from reporters thanks to her ______ memory, which also helps in training NLP models.
(A) many
(B) such that
(C) enough to
(D) unless
Answer: (C) enough to
解説: 「十分に〜できる」＝ enough to answer。
⸻
An important ______ of customer satisfaction in NLP-driven chatbots is the retention rate of users.
(A) indicator
(B) sensor
(C) operator
(D) request
Answer: (A) indicator
解説: 「指標」は indicator が最適。
A new policy on responsible AI use was ______ by our company last week.
(A) implemented
(B) implements
(C) implementing
(D) implement
Answer: (A) implemented
解説: 「〜が施行された」という過去形・受動態の文なので implemented が正解。
⸻
Normally, model updates are released within 2–3 days, but during holiday seasons, delays of up to one week may occur.
(A) if
(B) or
(C) neither
(D) nor
Answer: (A) if
解説: 「〜の場合には」は if が自然。他は意味が合わない。
⸻
If the terms of this AI research agreement are changed, a revised copy will be sent to you by e-mail.
(A) revise
(B) revised
(C) revising
(D) revises
Answer: (B) revised
解説: 「改訂された契約書の写し」なので revised（過去分詞）が正解。
⸻
Komat Corp. is expected to announce the appointment of a new Chief AI Officer ______ the next few days.
(A) at
(B) about
(C) on
(D) within
Answer: (D) within
解説: 「数日以内に」は within が自然。
⸻
The AI research leads are consulting ______ about who should be responsible for the design of the new model.
(A) themselves
(B) they
(C) itself
(D) yourself
Answer: (A) themselves
解説: 「互いに相談している」＝ consult themselves で反射代名詞が必要。
⸻
Researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables ______ use across various industries.
(A) widen
(B) width
(C) wide
(D) widely
Answer: (D) widely
解説: 「広く利用できる」＝ used widely。副詞が必要。
⸻
When labeling these AI training datasets, please confirm that the file names are clearly ______.
(A) applying
(B) showing
(C) retrieving
(D) performing
Answer: (B) showing
解説: 「ファイル名がはっきり示されている」→ showing が最も自然。
⸻
All reports submitted to the compliance team must be properly ______ according to the required format.
(A) format
(B) formatted
(C) formatting
(D) formats
Answer: (B) formatted
解説: 「整形されなければならない」なので過去分詞 formatted。
⸻
Our new generative AI team is led ______ experienced directors responsible for innovation and market share growth.
(A) of
(B) by
(C) to
(D) on
Answer: (B) by
解説: 「〜によって率いられている」は led by が正解。
⸻
Product catalogs must always include images so that customers can clearly understand the design and features of each AI-enabled device.
(A) so that
(B) if
(C) which
(D) because of
Answer: (A) so that
解説: 「〜するように」という目的を表す接続詞 so that が正しい。
After Choi’s presentation on generative AI, a short Q&A session will begin ______.
(A) shorten
(B) shorter
(C) short
(D) shortly
Answer: (D) shortly
解説: 「すぐに、間もなく」という副詞が必要なので shortly が正解。
⸻
The wide network of reliable ______ that Tripex AI Systems has ensures low-cost training of high-quality models.
(A) reliable
(B) approximate
(C) portable
(D) overall
Answer: (A) reliable
解説: 「信頼できるサプライヤー（業者）」を形容するのは reliable suppliers。
⸻
Please specify whether you would like to receive your trained model by download link or have ______ delivered to your cloud storage.
(A) them
(B) hers
(C) it
(D) one
Answer: (C) it
解説: 「モデル（単数）」を受ける代名詞は it が自然。
⸻
Charm & Charm AI Retail plans to expand its store ______ in China from 11 to 19 next year.
(A) many
(B) number
(C) numerical
(D) numbered
Answer: (B) number
解説: 「店舗数を拡大する」は expand the number of stores。
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For details about the next research meeting, please ______ the e-mail sent yesterday by Dr. Collins.
(A) inquire
(B) look
(C) consult
(D) discuss
Answer: (C) consult
解説: 「〜を参照する」は consult が正解。
⸻
Since its ______ in 2001, Aropan AI has been a global leader in healthcare machine learning applications.
(A) create
(B) creator
(C) creation
(D) creative
Answer: (C) creation
解説: 「創設以来」は名詞 creation を使う。
⸻
The selected candidate will be ______ for leading a team of ambitious AI engineers.
(A) needless
(B) responsible
(C) edible
(D) refundable
Answer: (B) responsible
解説: 「〜の責任を負うべき」は responsible for。
⸻
This report shows that the average accuracy of in-house models is ______ than that of outsourced models.
(A) great
(B) greatest
(C) greatly
(D) greater
Answer: (D) greater
解説: 「〜より大きい」は比較級 greater が必要。
⸻
______ the current challenges of an economic slowdown, most companies are increasing investment in AI research.
(A) Even if
(B) While
(C) Despite
(D) Although
Answer: (C) Despite
解説: 「〜にもかかわらず」は Despite。
⸻
Vancouver may ______ as a leading hub for the AI film industry in North America.
(A) emerge
(B) emerging
(C) emerges
(D) will emerge
Answer: (A) emerge
解説: 「〜として浮上する可能性がある」では動詞の原形 emerge。
⸻
The staff seemed deeply grateful for the manager’s comments about their outstanding ______ in AI projects.
(A) indeed
(B) true
(C) honest
(D) honesty
Answer: (A) indeed
解説: 「実に深く感謝している」＝副詞 indeed が正解。
The research department is trying to find out what users really want by collecting feedback ______ clustering and online surveys.
(A) around
(B) over
(C) through
(D) under
Answer: (C) through
解説: 「〜を通じて」は through が正しい。教師なし学習のクラスタリングを通じた調査と対応。
⸻
Cys Digital will contract with ______ can provide both low price and comprehensive solutions.
(A) their
(B) those
(C) whoever
(D) whichever
Answer: (C) whoever
解説: 「〜である人は誰でも」は whoever。教師なし学習のパートナー契約の文脈に適合。
⸻
Our company has been a leader in unsupervised learning research for over 20 years and takes pride in its high ______ for technical expertise and quality.
(A) reputation
(B) chemistry
(C) integration
(D) allocation
Answer: (A) reputation
解説: 「高い評価・評判」は reputation が正しい。
⸻
We produce cost-competitive materials used in model construction and data visualization for machine learning ______.
(A) competitively
(B) competitive
(C) competed
(D) competition
Answer: (B) competitive
解説: 「競争力のある材料」は competitive materials。教師なし学習でのデータ可視化応用に関連。
⸻
For your reference, we have attached a map showing the most direct route to the cloud server storing unlabeled datasets.
(A) overall
(B) direct
(C) decreased
(D) major
Answer: (B) direct
解説: 「最も直接的な経路」は direct route が自然。
⸻
Once the next year’s unsupervised learning research plan has been ______, senior managers can assign tasks to different teams.
(A) has been approved
(B) have approved
(C) approve
(D) will approve
Answer: (A) has been approved
解説: 「承認された時点で」は受動の現在完了形 has been approved。
⸻
The sensor must be installed ______ according to the instructions provided, or you should contact the vendor for assistance.
(A) hardly
(B) recently
(C) carefully
(D) rarely
Answer: (C) carefully
解説: 「注意深く設置する」は carefully が正解。
⸻
If you want to provide excellent customer service, you should not ______ assumptions about each client’s preferences or requirements.
(A) assumes
(B) to assume
(C) assumptions
(D) assuming
Answer: (C) assumptions
解説: 「make assumptions」で「仮定を立てる」という熟語になる。教師なし学習ではデータから推定するが、人間対応では不用意な仮定を避ける意味。
⸻
Thanks to this training, the AI team members understood methods to prepare and deliver effective presentations for any dataset, ______ making the model more interpretable.
(A) as long as
(B) so long as
(C) in order to
(D) as a result of
Answer: (C) in order to
解説: 「〜するために」は in order to が正解。
⸻
Naturally, most engineers work more ______ when their contributions to unsupervised learning are recognized and rewarded.
(A) most diligent
(B) diligent
(C) diligence
(D) diligently
Answer: (D) diligently
解説: 「勤勉に働く」は副詞 diligently。
⸻
Recent conflicts and high stress levels in the workplace have led to a noticeable ______ in overall research productivity.
(A) denial
(B) release
(C) decline
(D) teacher
Answer: (C) decline
解説: 「生産性の低下」は decline in productivity が正しい。
Smartphones are recognized as the ______ and most convenient devices available for supervised learning experiments today.
(A) more speed
(B) speediest
(C) speedily
(D) most speed
Answer: (B) speediest
解説: 「最も速い」は the speediest が正しい。教師あり学習ではスマートフォンを使った実験や推論でも「最速」と表現できる。
⸻
Unless you receive specific instructions from the project manager, please submit your supervised learning reports by following the standard procedure, not ______.
(A) anyhow
(B) otherwise
(C) beside
(D) besides
Answer: (B) otherwise
解説: 「そうでなければ、違ったやり方で」という意味の otherwise が自然。
⸻
Thanks to the vendor’s technical skill, the model’s residual errors were ______ visible after supervised fine-tuning.
(A) hard, hardly
(B) harder
(C) hardly
(D) hardest
Answer: (C) hardly
解説: 「ほとんど見えない」は副詞 hardly が正解。教師あり学習で誤差（residuals）が小さくなる文脈。
⸻
The city staff can ______ information to companies considering moving or opening new AI research offices.
(A) considering
(B) conveying
(C) resisting
(D) procuring
Answer: (B) conveying
解説: 「情報を伝える」は conveying が適切。教師あり学習の適用先を企業に伝える文脈。
⸻
Except for specially arranged tours, the public is normally prohibited from entering our supervised learning data centers, which host sensitive datasets.
(A) stormy
(B) reinforced
(C) occasional
(D) piled
Answer: (C) occasional
解説: 「臨時の・時折の」は occasional が正解。
⸻
In the press release, Unisan AI Labs strongly emphasized that they ______ with all government rules on health, safety, and data ethics.
(A) complied
(B) complying
(C) complyingly
(D) compliance
Answer: (A) complied
解説: 「規則に従った」は動詞の過去形・過去分詞 complied。教師あり学習でも倫理規定順守を示す文脈。
⸻
The government has been under strong ______ from researchers to provide citizens with renewable energy options using AI-based demand forecasting.
(A) contest
(B) effort
(C) difficulty
(D) pressure
Answer: (D) pressure
解説: 「強い圧力」は pressure。教師あり学習でも政策判断に用いる背景。
⸻
The board of directors ______ for hours before finally agreeing to approve the supervised learning contract proposal.
(A) deliberated
(B) concentrated
(C) collaborated
(D) abolished
Answer: (A) deliberated
解説: 「熟考した」は deliberated が正しい。
The weather forecast for Saturday predicts heavy server load, which means the NLP training job must be ______.
(A) described
(B) numbered
(C) postponed
(D) occupied
Answer: (C) postponed
解説: 「延期する」は postponed。NLPモデルの大規模学習ジョブをサーバ負荷で延期する場面。
⸻
If Peter Richards is not available when you call, please say you would like to speak with his ______, Dana Kensington.
(A) assist
(B) assisting
(C) assistant
(D) assists
Answer: (C) assistant
解説: 「助手・アシスタント」は名詞 assistant が正解。研究チームのNLPエンジニア補佐を表す。
⸻
______ the 35 candidates for the NLP data annotation manager position, only five will be contacted for interviews.
(A) Of
(B) At
(C) In
(D) During
Answer: (A) Of
解説: 「35人の候補者のうち」＝ Of the 35 candidates が自然。
⸻
Joel went to the storage room down the hall ______ a box of staplers and new ink cartridges for the printer used in NLP document scanning.
(A) get
(B) getting
(C) to get
(D) gotten
Answer: (C) to get
解説: 目的を表す to get が正解。「プリンター用カートリッジを取りに行くため」。
⸻
The seminar on NLP business applications at Emerson College is scheduled ______ 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19.
(A) write
(B) to write
(C) written
(D) writing
Answer: (C) written
解説: 受動態で「予定されている」は scheduled to be written ではなく単純に scheduled として使う。
⸻
According to the Kingston Herald’s review, the new Italian restaurant on Jackson Street offers ______ performance in sentiment analysis case studies.
(A) excellent
(B) adjacent
(C) loose
(D) vacant
Answer: (A) excellent
解説: 「素晴らしい」は excellent。文脈をNLP応用に置き換え。
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The building manager posted a notice ______ the residents that the electricity would be cut off between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday during NLP server maintenance.
(A) which
(B) who
(C) that
(D) of which
Answer: (C) that
解説: 「〜に知らせる通知」は a notice that … の形。
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Requests for ______ of travel expenses must be submitted within one week after returning from NLP conferences.
(A) acquisition
(B) reimbursement
(C) maintenance
(D) regulation
Answer: (B) reimbursement
解説: 出張経費の「払い戻し」は reimbursement。
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The budget committee is expected to respond ______ our project proposal on NLP sentiment analysis by the end of the week.
(A) following
(B) regarding
(C) including
(D) excluding
Answer: (B) regarding
解説: 「〜に関して」は regarding が正解。
⸻
Delton Electronics has ______ appointed Gabriel Whitmore as vice president of the international NLP division.
(A) just
(B) so
(C) much
(D) as
Answer: (A) just
解説: 「ちょうど〜したばかり」は has just appointed。
After training for several weeks, the research team decided to deploy their model into a ______ NLP application for sentiment analysis.
(A) love
(B) loving
(C) loved
(D) lovely
⸻
正解
(D) lovely
⸻
解説
• 文脈では「素晴らしいNLPアプリケーション」が自然なので lovely が正しい。
• (A) love → 動詞・名詞で不適。
• (B) loving → 「愛情深いアプリ」とは不自然。
• (C) loved → 「愛されたアプリ」も不自然。
• (D) lovely → 「素晴らしい／魅力的な」で文意にぴったり。
The graph ______ the convergence of the gradient descent algorithm over 100 iterations.
(A) show
(B) shows
(C) showing
(D) showed
Answer: (B) shows
解説: 主語は The graph（単数）なので三人称単数現在形 “shows” が必要。
⸻
In linear regression, the error term is usually assumed to have a mean of zero and ______ variance.
(A) constant
(B) constantly
(C) constancy
(D) constants
Answer: (A) constant
解説: 「分散が一定の」→形容詞 constant variance が正しい表現。
⸻
The accuracy of the model improved significantly ______ the learning rate was properly tuned.
(A) because
(B) although
(C) until
(D) if
Answer: (A) because
解説: 「学習率が適切に調整されたので精度が上がった」なので因果関係を表す because が自然。
⸻
The matrix of eigenvectors must be ______ to diagonalize the covariance matrix.
(A) orthogonal
(B) orthogonally
(C) orthogonality
(D) orthogonals
Answer: (A) orthogonal
解説: 固有ベクトル行列は「直交的」である必要があるため形容詞 orthogonal を使用。
⸻
Support Vector Machines attempt to maximize the margin ______ separating the classes.
(A) between
(B) among
(C) under
(D) over
Answer: (A) between
解説: 「2つのクラス間のマージンを最大化する」なので between が正解。
⸻
During backpropagation, the weight update is calculated ______ the gradient of the loss function.
(A) using
(B) use
(C) used
(D) uses
Answer: (A) using
解説: 「損失関数の勾配を使って」なので動名詞 using が自然。
⸻
The probability distribution must be normalized so that the total probability is equal ______ one.
(A) in
(B) to
(C) for
(D) at
Answer: (B) to
解説: 「equal to + 数値」が正しい形。equal one ではなく equal to one。
Even if it ______ six dollars more, this dataset must be delivered quickly to the Montreal research lab for training.
(A) reach
(B) reached
(C) be reached
(D) reaching
Answer: (B) reached
解説: 「たとえ〜余計にかかっても」という仮定法過去の表現なので reached が自然。
⸻
The storage space at Sumner Mall is already occupied, but Jacob Realty ______ available office space in Beaverbrook Mall.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) does
(D) has
Answer: (D) has
解説: 「事務所スペースを持っている」＝ has が正解。
⸻
Mr. Lalamme requested a transfer to the Harland office because it is ______ closer to his home on Graydon Street.
(A) many
(B) more
(C) much
(D) most
Answer: (C) much
解説: 「much closer = ずっと近い」が自然な比較表現。
⸻
Bill Davis ______ with four or five people who work at the same data center and commutes every day by carpool.
(A) work
(B) works
(C) working
(D) be worked
Answer: (B) works
解説: 主語は Bill Davis（単数）なので works が正しい。
⸻
Employees planning to take paid leave in March or April must meet Pedro Alvarez in payroll no later ______ February 12.
(A) than
(B) yet
(C) by
(D) less
Answer: (A) than
解説: 「no later than ~ までに」が定型表現。
⸻
Alexandra Stranov from the technical division ______ about several necessary changes in the design of the latest deep learning hardware.
(A) need
(B) needs
(C) needing
(D) needed
Answer: (D) needed
解説: 過去の出来事を表しているので needed が正解。
⸻
This morning, Glazer Foods made a ______ donation of $120,000 to the Regent Cancer Research Center.
(A) generous
(B) needy
(C) successful
(D) proven
Answer: (A) generous
解説: 「多額の寄付」＝ generous donation が定型。
⸻
The city office is ______ volunteers to help clean up Meldon Park.
(A) banning
(B) enlisting
(C) helping
(D) moderating
Answer: (B) enlisting
解説: 「協力を求めている」＝ enlisting volunteers。
⸻
Since the training session is only for machine operators, the cleaning staff ______ not required to attend tomorrow.
(A) as
(B) or
(C) but
(D) so
Answer: (C) but
解説: 「〜ではなく…」を表すので but が正しい。
⸻
The fire department concluded that last night’s factory fire was caused by a ______ electrical wiring.
(A) defective
(B) permanent
(C) favorable
(D) encouraging
Answer: (A) defective
解説: 「欠陥のある配線」＝ defective wiring が自然。
⸻
Either Soyoung Park or Joseph Arsenault ______ be chosen as the leader of the deep learning project starting next week.
(A) Either A or B
(B) Both A and B
(C) Not only A but B
(D) Neither A nor B
Answer: (A) Either A or B
解説: 「どちらか一方」＝ Either A or B の表現が正しい。
Because the 10 a.m. train to Birmingham had no seats, Janice ______ two seats on the 9:30 train instead.
(A) marked
(B) bagged
(C) bid
(D) booked
Answer: (D) booked
解説: 「座席を予約する」は book seats が定型。
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Before presenting to potential clients, always rehearse your NLP demo in front of colleagues to ensure it is ______.
(A) necessary
(B) potential
(C) complete
(D) reasonable
Answer: (D) reasonable
解説: 「理にかなった・妥当な」＝ reasonable demo が自然。
⸻
The emergency room has been in constant confusion ______ the administrative staff at Waterford General Hospital went on strike last week.
(A) although
(B) since
(C) however
(D) if
Answer: (B) since
解説: 「〜以来ずっと」＝ since が正しい。
⸻
Last month’s 4% increase in accuracy was impressive, but analyst Tony Leitch believes that if the training strategy is ______, the model will perform even better.
(A) measured
(B) disturbed
(C) revised
(D) produced
Answer: (C) revised
解説: 「修正されれば」＝ revised が文脈に合う。
⸻
Because of family ______, Professor Grant Tompkins will likely be unable to give his talk at tomorrow’s award dinner.
(A) motivation
(B) admission
(C) solution
(D) emergency
Answer: (D) emergency
解説: 「家庭の事情・緊急事態」＝ family emergency が自然。
⸻
The exhibition Colors of Language Models by Christina Layton at Sanford Gallery ______ yesterday.
(A) concluded
(B) determined
(C) assumed
(D) invited
Answer: (A) concluded
解説: 「終了した」＝ concluded が正しい。
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The meeting room has a ______ number of chairs for the orientation, but Mr. Kingston asked us to bring one more table.
(A) often
(B) enough
(C) frequent
(D) already
Answer: (B) enough
解説: 「十分な数の椅子」＝ enough chairs が自然。
A matrix multiplication in deep learning is valid only when the number of columns of the first matrix is ______ the number of rows of the second.
(A) equal to
(B) larger than
(C) smaller than
(D) unrelated to
解説: 行列積 $A_{m \times n} \times B_{n \times p}$ が定義されるのは、第一行列の列数 $n$ と第二行列の行数 $n$ が一致しているとき。したがって (A) equal to が正解。
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The gradient of a loss function points in the direction of ______.
(A) maximum increase
(B) minimum decrease
(C) random direction
(D) zero variance
解説: 勾配ベクトルは「最急上昇方向」を示す。最急下降法（gradient descent）はその逆方向を使ってパラメータを更新する。よって (A) maximum increase が正解。
⸻
When training a model, adding an $L_2$ penalty term to the loss is called ______.
(A) normalization
(B) standardization
(C) regularization
(D) optimization
解説: $L_2$ ペナルティ（$\lambda ||w||^2$）を追加することを「正則化 (regularization)」と呼ぶ。過学習を防ぐための方法。したがって (C) regularization が正解。
⸻
In probability, the expected value $E[X]$ of a discrete random variable is defined as ______.
(A) sum of possible values
(B) weighted average of values by probability
(C) maximum likelihood estimate
(D) variance of values
解説: 期待値は $E[X] = \sum_i x_i \cdot P(X = x_i)$。つまり「値に確率をかけた加重平均」。よって (B) weighted average of values by probability が正解。
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A convex function has the property that any local minimum is also ______.
(A) a global minimum
(B) a saddle point
(C) a local maximum
(D) undefined
解説: 凸関数では局所最小解は必ず大域最小解に一致する。この性質が最適化アルゴリズムで重要。したがって (A) a global minimum が正解。
A vector in R^n has a length computed by ______.
(A) dot product
(B) Euclidean norm
(C) eigenvalue
(D) matrix rank
解説: ベクトルの長さ（ノルム）は ||x|| = sqrt(sum_i x_i^2) で表される。これはユークリッドノルム (B)。
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The dot product of two vectors a, b is defined as ______.
(A) a × b
(B) sum_i a_i b_i
(C) det(a, b)
(D) a - b
解説: 内積は対応する成分を掛けて総和を取る。したがって (B)。
⸻
A matrix is invertible only if its determinant is ______.
(A) zero
(B) positive
(C) nonzero
(D) negative
解説: 行列の逆行列が存在する条件は det(A) ≠ 0。正解は (C)。
⸻
The eigenvalues of a matrix are solutions to ______.
(A) Ax = b
(B) det(A - λI) = 0
(C) A^T A = I
(D) A^-1 = A
解説: 固有値は特性方程式 det(A - λI) = 0 の解で与えられる。正解は (B)。
⸻
The softmax function is often used to convert scores into ______.
(A) eigenvectors
(B) probabilities
(C) gradients
(D) losses
解説: softmaxは指数関数でスコアを正規化し、確率分布に変換する。正解は (B)。
⸻
The derivative of sin(x) is ______.
(A) cos(x)
(B) -cos(x)
(C) sin(x)
(D) -sin(x)
解説: d/dx sin(x) = cos(x)。正解は (A)。
⸻
The derivative of e^x is ______.
(A) 1
(B) e^x
(C) ln(x)
(D) 1/x
解説: 指数関数の導関数は自分自身。正解は (B)。
⸻
In gradient descent, parameters are updated by subtracting ______.
(A) loss function
(B) gradient scaled by learning rate
(C) Hessian matrix
(D) bias term
解説: θ ← θ - η ∇L(θ)。正解は (B)。
⸻
The Hessian matrix is composed of ______.
(A) first-order partial derivatives
(B) second-order partial derivatives
(C) eigenvalues
(D) probability weights
解説: ヘッセ行列は損失関数の二階偏微分を並べたもの。正解は (B)。
⸻
The law of large numbers states that the sample mean converges to ______.
(A) variance
(B) expected value
(C) median
(D) mode
解説: 標本平均は母集団の期待値に収束する。正解は (B)。
⸻
The variance of a random variable measures ______.
(A) central tendency
(B) spread of values
(C) correlation
(D) probability mass
解説: 分散はデータのばらつきを表す。正解は (B)。
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The covariance between two random variables indicates ______.
(A) independence
(B) linear relationship
(C) probability distribution
(D) normalization
解説: 共分散は線形的な関係の強さを表す。正解は (B)。
⸻
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) reduces dimensions by maximizing ______.
(A) variance of projections
(B) loss function
(C) classification accuracy
(D) gradient magnitude
解説: PCAはデータを最大分散方向に射影して次元削減を行う。正解は (A)。
⸻
In linear regression, the coefficients are usually estimated by minimizing ______.
(A) squared error
(B) absolute error
(C) entropy
(D) variance
解説: 最小二乗法により二乗誤差を最小化して係数を推定する。正解は (A)。
⸻
The sigmoid function outputs values in the range ______.
(A) [0, 1]
(B) [-1, 1]
(C) (-∞, ∞)
(D) [0, ∞)
解説: シグモイド σ(x) = 1/(1+e^-x) は 0～1 の間に収まる。正解は (A)。
⸻
The ReLU function is defined as ______.
(A) max(0, x)
(B) min(0, x)
(C) e^x
(D) tanh(x)
解説: ReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) は x>0 のとき x、それ以外は0。正解は (A)。
⸻
The probability density function of a normal distribution integrates to ______.
(A) variance
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) infinity
解説: 確率密度関数の積分は全確率で1。正解は (C)。
⸻
The cross-entropy loss is commonly used for ______.
(A) regression
(B) clustering
(C) classification
(D) PCA
解説: クロスエントロピー損失は確率分布を扱う分類タスクで用いられる。正解は (C)。
⸻
The rank of a matrix is defined as the maximum number of ______.
(A) linearly independent rows or columns
(B) eigenvalues
(C) diagonals
(D) determinants
解説: 階数は一次独立な行（列）の最大数。正解は (A)。
⸻
Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) updates parameters using ______.
(A) entire dataset
(B) one sample or mini-batch
(C) closed-form solution
(D) eigen decomposition
解説: SGDは1サンプルまたは小さなバッチで勾配を計算し更新する。正解は (B)。
⸻
Because of family ______, Professor Grant Tompkins will likely be unable to present his lecture on stochastic gradient descent at tomorrow’s AI conference.
(A) motivation
(B) admission
(C) solution
(D) emergency
解説: 「家庭の事情・緊急事態」＝ family emergency が自然。正解は (D)。
⸻
As a response to your question, our lab provides full warranty services for GPU clusters from several major ______.
(A) respond
(B) response
(C) responded
(D) responsive
解説: 「返答」や「応答」の名詞が必要。正解は (B) response。
⸻
Before sending contracts to the CEO for signature, all documents must be ______ by the legal department.
(A) reviewer
(B) reviewed
(C) reviewing
(D) review
解説: 受動態で「見直されなければならない」となるので過去分詞。正解は (B) reviewed。
⸻
This workshop is ideal for both newcomers wanting to learn optimization, and ______ researchers who already publish in top ML conferences.
(A) former
(B) experienced
(C) enrolled
(D) virtual
解説: 文脈から「経験豊かな研究者」が正しい。正解は (B)。
⸻
If we receive the accuracy results in the morning, we will finally be able to ______ the report on model evaluation.
(A) if
(B) or
(C) even
(D) both
解説: 条件を表す「もし〜ならば」が正しい。正解は (A) if。
⸻
The team members left early this morning and took the 6-hour train from Oslo to Stockholm, ______ carried their laptops to continue coding.
(A) this
(B) those
(C) which
(D) whose
解説: 「そしてそれは〜」と繋ぐ関係代名詞 which が自然。正解は (C)。
⸻
Next week, final signatures for the agreement will be taken when delegates arrive ______ Kuala Lumpur.
(A) on
(B) through
(C) across
(D) from
解説: 「〜から到着する」は from が自然。正解は (D)。
⸻
Canard Insurance wants to remind consumers to be ______ when buying a used car: safety first, not just saving money.
(A) careful
(B) carefully
(C) carefulness
(D) care
解説: be 動詞の補語には形容詞 careful が入る。正解は (A)。
⸻
Employees who have not ______ submitted their leave applications must do so this week.
(A) merely
(B) before
(C) yet
(D) rather
解説: 「まだ〜していない」は not yet。正解は (C)。
⸻
All bags, backpacks, and packages are subject to ______ before entering the research lab.
(A) walking
(B) entering
(C) guiding
(D) analyzing
解説: 「分析・検査」を意味する analyzing が自然。正解は (D)。
⸻
The press conference will begin ______, so please take your seats.
(A) finally
(B) shortly
(C) completely
(D) exactly
解説: 「間もなく始まります」＝ shortly が自然。正解は (B)。
The research team announced a new sub-system as part of the current ______ to improve training efficiency in neural networks.
(A) effort
(B) increase
(C) scale
(D) period
解説: 「取組み、努力」を表す effort が正解。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
A few years ago, Dr. Nengi ______ in a mathematics course while working as a research assistant on reinforcement learning.
(A) would enroll
(B) enrolled
(C) will be enrolled
(D) had enrolled
解説: 「数年前に入学した」という過去の出来事なので enrolled が自然。→ 正解: (B)
⸻
Negotiations were extended, but the lab is pleased to announce that a temporary agreement was reached ______ many experiments.
(A) although
(B) after
(C) since
(D) nearly
解説: 「～した後で」を表す after が自然。→ 正解: (B)
⸻
Mobile devices have become a preferred medium for personal communication, bringing significant ______ to the data industry.
(A) preference
(B) prefer
(C) preferable
(D) preferring
解説: 「成長をもたらした」文脈では名詞 preference が正しい。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
Royal Plaza Research Center is ideally ______ to meet the needs of visitors from all over the world attending AI conferences.
(A) locate
(B) located
(C) location
(D) locations
解説: 「位置している」は located（過去分詞で形容詞的用法）。→ 正解: (B)
⸻
As long as ______ is maintained, UCD recommends that researchers can work from home.
(A) productivity
(B) despite
(C) before
(D) in order to
解説: 「生産性が維持される限り」は productivity。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
Because of the high expected ______ for solar energy, the city is enabling residents to easily install solar panels.
(A) demand
(B) ability
(C) strength
(D) admission
解説: 「需要」＝ demand が自然。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
Many qualified candidates applied for this research position, but ______ of them actually live in this city.
(A) little
(B) few
(C) whoever
(D) so
解説: 可算名詞の「ほとんどいない」は few。→ 正解: (B)
⸻
Engram Corp. reported that its annual net profit ______ last year’s by 5.3%, reaching $30 million.
(A) previous
(B) preceded
(C) precedes
(D) precede
解説: 「前年と比べて増加した」では動詞 precede は不自然。正しくは動詞 increased だが、語法上ここでは precedes は合わない → 正解を想定するなら (C) precedes。
⸻
Sam Becket announced that he will retire next year ______ spend more time with his family.
(A) neither
(B) prior
(C) if so
(D) in order to
解説: 「～するために」＝ in order to。→ 正解: (D)
⸻
This report shows how many hours commuters in San Francisco are delayed each year due to traffic ______.
(A) congested
(B) congestive
(C) congestion
(D) congests
解説: 「渋滞、混雑」という名詞が必要。→ 正解: (C) congestion
⸻
At the ceremony in Sacramento, Ciano Corp. was ______ for its efforts to improve workplace safety and health.
(A) recognized
(B) promoted
(C) gauged
(D) processed
解説: 「評価された」には recognized が自然。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
Marie Stonewell briefly visited Venstar Oil headquarters in Houston while on a business trip.
(A) brief
(B) briefly
(C) briefer
(D) brevity
解説: 「短時間訪問した」は副詞 briefly。→ 正解: (B)
⸻
If additional data is needed to process the application, you may be contacted ______.
(A) to
(B) when
(C) on
(D) should
解説: 「もし〜ならば」という条件は should が正解。→ 正解: (D)
⸻
Passengers in first or business class are ______ from carry-on baggage fees.
(A) auxiliary
(B) occupied
(C) exempt
(D) presented
解説: 「免除される」＝ exempt。→ 正解: (C)
⸻
During the boat tour, all passengers were ______ with life jackets.
(A) outfitted
(B) developed
(C) accepted
(D) submitted
解説: 「着用させられた」＝ outfitted。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
This hand cream ______ our entire cosmetic line, made only from natural ingredients.
(A) typical
(B) represented
(C) represents
(D) represent
解説: 「表す」は三単現で represents。→ 正解: (C)
⸻
All employees in this office should ______ themselves with the location and contents of the emergency kit.
(A) be known
(B) get used
(C) familiarize
(D) accustomed
解説: 正しい構文は should familiarize themselves with ～。→ 正解: (C)
⸻
When the package arrived at the office, Mr. Peterson had already finished his work for the day and gone ______.
(A) by
(B) for
(C) though
(D) now
解説: 「～する時までに」は by。→ 正解: (A)
⸻
Realizing their workflow was ______, Lanier Law Office tried to minimize paper use in the office.
(A) abandoned
(B) wasteful
(C) empty
(D) scattered
解説: 「無駄の多い」＝ wasteful。→ 正解: (B)
The lab director said that all gradient descent results must be submitted ______ 11:30 tomorrow morning.
(A) by
(B) for
(C) so
(D) at
解説: 「〜までに提出」＝ by。→ 正解: (A)
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According to the report, the research group recently ______ their dataset to a distributed cluster to enable faster training.
(A) turned
(B) proceeded
(C) transferred
(D) relocated
解説: 「データセットを移動した」＝ transferred。→ 正解: (C)
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Since the principal investigator is presenting at NeurIPS this week, the assistant will carry the model evaluation ______.
(A) up
(B) upon
(C) through
(D) away
解説: 「評価を進める」には carry through が自然。→ 正解: (C)
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The team announced this afternoon ______ global demand for their optimization library has declined, they will soon shut down the project.
(A) which
(B) so
(C) that
(D) for
解説: 内容を導く接続詞は that。→ 正解: (C)
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Both Algorithm A and Algorithm B converge, but Algorithm B is ______ faster because it uses mini-batch gradient descent.
(A) fast
(B) faster
(C) fastest
(D) fasten
解説: 比較の文脈 → faster。→ 正解: (B)
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The farewell dinner for Joanna Kearns is on Friday evening, and all attendees are expected to wear formal ______.
(A) attire
(B) pedestal
(C) instrument
(D) equipment
解説: 「服装」＝ attire。→ 正解: (A)
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Derek Peters is not busy right now, so he can deliver this large ______ of GPUs to the HPC lab.
(A) device
(B) pile
(C) scale
(D) digit
解説: 「山・大量」＝ pile。→ 正解: (B)
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An agent from the data provider ______ us that all model checkpoints can be downloaded from the repository.
(A) inform
(B) informed
(C) have informed
(D) were informed
解説: 過去形 informed。→ 正解: (B)
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Because of heavy snow, Dr. Jacobs said he would commute by subway instead of ______ today.
(A) drive
(B) driver
(C) driven
(D) driving
解説: 動名詞 driving。→ 正解: (D)
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All researchers at the institute can use the GPU cluster for free, but they must sign a liability ______ before training large models.
(A) all
(B) every
(C) fair
(D) contract
解説: 文脈上「契約」＝ contract。→ 正解: (D)
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This afternoon Meredith Cormode will order lab supplies, so please tell her what ______ you need for your experiment.
(A) if
(B) because
(C) which
(D) ones
解説: 「必要なもの」＝ ones。→ 正解: (D)
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Admission is $6 for those over 18, $4 for ages 12–17, and free for ______ under 11.
(A) persons
(B) others
(C) all
(D) anyone
解説: 「〜歳以下の人々」＝ anyone。→ 正解: (D)
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This proposal contains many errors in the loss function derivation, which must be ______ before submission.
(A) correct
(B) corrected
(C) be correct
(D) corrects
解説: 「訂正される必要がある」＝ corrected。→ 正解: (B)
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Darlene Averly will ______ the role of lead researcher for the reinforcement learning project on January 7.
(A) assume
(B) partake
(C) obtain
(D) appreciate
解説: 「役職を引き受ける」＝ assume。→ 正解: (A)
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Learning how to implement backpropagation from scratch is a valuable ______, but not easy at first.
(A) challenge
(B) posture
(C) hit
(D) purpose
解説: 「挑戦」＝ challenge。→ 正解: (A)
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Under the terms of the warranty, the quantum processor will receive free maintenance for two years after ______.
(A) undergoing
(B) following
(C) passing
(D) preceding
解説: 「購入後」＝ following the purchase。→ 正解: (B)
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Dr. Dawson Ebbett was nominated for the prestigious Stephenson Prize in statistical learning theory.
(A) former
(B) lost
(C) prestigious
(D) bestowed
解説: 「名誉ある」＝ prestigious。→ 正解: (C)
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The AI research center was created to ______ startups in applying deep learning to medical imaging.
(A) assist
(B) adjust
(C) recommend
(D) refer
解説: 「助ける」＝ assist。→ 正解: (A)
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The chair wants either TensorLab or PyData to handle catering for the machine learning symposium.
(A) both A and B
(B) either A or B
(C) not A but B
(D) not only A but also B
解説: 「どちらか一方」＝ either A or B。→ 正解: (B)
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Part of the paper Pierre’s Dream of AI is ______, but the methodology is based on real experiments.
(A) fictional
(B) attractive
(C) monotonous
(D) lively
解説: 「虚構の」＝ fictional。→ 正解: (A)
All client data must be stored in a locked parameter server to ensure it is ______ secure.
(A) convolutional
(B) compulsory
(C) absolute
(D) approximate
→ Correct: (B) compulsory
Explanation: “Compulsory” = “must be done.” Fits the context of secure storage.
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Waren Motore Lab, after 35 years of work in backpropagation research, will soon appoint a new chief scientist to ______ Professor Ero Gallant, who retires at the end of the month.
(A) succeed
(B) to succeed
(C) succeeding
(D) succession
→ Correct: (A) succeed
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Keary Solar, one of the region’s largest providers of power demand forecasting models, failed to meet its $2 billion revenue target this year.
(A) provide
(B) supplies
(C) supplier
(D) providers
→ Correct: (B) supplies
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The main advantage of this new CNN scanner over the previous model is its ability to copy and process input data more efficiently ______ the old version.
(A) by
(B) in
(C) for
(D) over
→ Correct: (D) over
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Due to icy conditions, all urban simulations are running with about 15 minutes of inference latency ______.
(A) recoveries
(B) states
(C) positions
(D) regulations
→ Correct: (B) states
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Production at the Leslo Footwear plant was ______ interrupted yesterday afternoon when the main optimization engine failed.
(A) temporary
(B) global
(C) temporality
(D) temporarily
→ Correct: (D) temporarily
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Alfredo Gomez and Nina Gomez purchased an old linear regression model and ______ it into an efficient deep neural network.
(A) expanded
(B) improved
(C) converted
(D) resulted
→ Correct: (C) converted
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Yummy Pizza Lab will launch its new shrimp pizza recommendation model with convolution layers through an online ______ campaign, without producing TV commercials.
(A) advertise
(B) advertises
(C) advertised
(D) advertising
→ Correct: (D) advertising
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Only 12 researchers will be ______ to attend next month’s workshop on Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs).
(A) minor
(B) equal
(C) only
(D) among
→ Correct: (C) only
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Researchers who want to take hyperparameter tuning leave within the next six months must report to Omar Phillips in HR ______.
(A) continuous
(B) subsequent
(C) simultaneous
(D) previous
→ Correct: (B) subsequent
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The research team announced that the results of their loss function evaluation using Bayesian estimation will be ______ early next week.
(A) inserting
(B) evading
(C) emerging
(D) releasing
→ Correct: (D) releasing
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Despite an earlier failure in proving a sequence, Julia pushed herself and scored twice in today’s neural optimization challenge.
(A) she
(B) her
(C) herself
(D) hers
→ Correct: (C) herself
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Marsden Lab ______ in building custom Neural Architectures such as convolutional, recurrent, and transformer-based systems.
(A) specialize
(B) specialized
(C) specializes
(D) has specialized
→ Correct: (C) specializes
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Because this neural network has an enormous number of parameters, the researchers opted for a ______ architecture instead.
(A) parallel
(B) matched
(C) comparative
(D) analogous
→ Correct: (A) parallel
This computational table didn’t cost much, so restaurant manager Abrahams preferred to pay in cash rather than ______ a check.
(A) write
(B) wrote
(C) written
(D) to writing
→ Correct: (B) wrote
Explanation: In context, “preferred to pay in cash rather than wrote a check” is correct because we compare two completed actions in the past.
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Marsden Systems is a local company that ______ in building custom neural architectures, such as CNN-based verandas or transformer-based terraces.
(A) specialize
(B) are specialized
(C) specializes
(D) has been specialized
→ Correct: (C) specializes
Explanation: The subject “Marsden Systems” is singular, so “specializes” is correct.
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Because Dickson Street is always congested during rush hour, John asked the taxi driver to take Emery Street, which runs ______ to Dickson.
(A) parallel
(B) equivalent
(C) similarly
(D) analogous
→ Correct: (A) parallel
Explanation: The correct phrase is “runs parallel to.” It’s also the standard in vector and geometry terminology.
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This particular dataset comes with a beautiful orchard of features at its eastern edge, as an ______.
(A) adding
(B) addition
(C) added
(D) add
→ Correct: (B) addition
Explanation: The noun “addition” fits the construction “as an addition.”
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The director believes Rebecca Dumont and Lyle Carter are ______ capable of leading the project, just like two neural networks with identical weights.
(A) equal
(B) equals
(C) equaled
(D) equally
→ Correct: (D) equally
Explanation: The collocation is “equally capable.” Adverb “equally” modifies the adjective “capable.”