1. In the past, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Southeast As ian visitors have made up the bulk of the tourists in Taiwan, but the Tourism Bureau is now l ooking to increase visitors from _____________Muslim countries. .
(A) superfluously
(B) sparsely
(C) precariously
(D) predominantly

22. _______________ He brought a set of different sizes of wood blocks to class. The students were astonished to see him throw the blocks randomly at the wall. He then took the same blocks and again threw them at the wall. This time, however, he threw them in a special order. The students quickly recognized the children’s tune “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” “So,” the teacher asked them, “what is music?” The answer is that it’s organized noise. (A)A music teacher intended to show the students how to sell music from noise. (B)A music teacher enjoyed playing different sizes of wood blocks with his students. (C)A music teacher wanted to try a different way to teach his students how to play wood blocks. (D)A music teacher wanted to try an unusual way to teach his students to sing “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

23. Each animal and plant in the world has its own environment, _______________ Meanwhile, each animal needs other animals and plant that live in the same environment. For example, polar bears eat seals and fish, seals eat fish, and big fish eat smaller fish in the Aretic. The small fish eat very small animals and plants in the sea. This is called a food chain. (A)which provides them food they can consume. (B)where they can live with ease. (C)the place where it can live most easily. (D)where it spends its all life in.

24. ____________ Birds of prey, such as the kestrel, have hooked bills to tear the flesh or prey. The saw- edged bill of the puffin enables it to carry several fish at once. Wading birds, like the curlew, have long, slender bills to dig deep into the mud. A hummingbird’s long bill and tongue allows it to reach nectar deep inside a flower. (A)As the proverb goes, “Birds of the same feather flock together.” (B)Birds are divided into different types of species according to the food they eat. (C)Bird’s bills suit their feeding habits. (D)Birds adapt themselves to their environment in the same way.

25. Recycling is one of many effective ways to care for our environment. However, _______________ Recycling not only mitigates the impact on the environment but also reduces the wasting of our Earth’s limited resources. Everyone can contribute to recycling. An effective way to recycle is to thoroughly sort out daily household trash. (A)a lot of people emphasize the important of recycling to the environment. (B)there are few people but understand the important of recycling to the environment. (C)both the government and the public should know the importance of recycling to the environment. (D)a lot of people still do not realize the importance of recycling to the environment

2. Interrogators from the counter-intelligence corps us ed illegal methods on the poor victim, including electric batons and ice. In their effort to obta in a confession by ____________, they apparently even brought the suspect to a cave. But since the 10-year statute of limitations has already passed, investigators won't indict the alleged perpetrators. (A) controversy (B) hypnosis (C) compulsion (D) expatriate

3. In the presence of their peers, teenagers will of ten do dangerous and foolish things, and this sort of behavior is far more likely to be indicative of __________ adolescent immatu rity than deep-seated depravity. (A) acrimonious (B) categorical (C) divergent (D) transient

4. Many couples get divorced over ________ lawsuit sin ce the spouse caught the other having affairs with others. (A) verifiability (B) credibility (C) infidelity (D) superiority

5. China’s seemingly endless business opportunities make it one of the world’s most important emerging markets. Many old, out-of-dated, and ____________ European and American corporations hope to take advantage of the country’s massive consumer power to remake their brands and relive their heyday. (A) unprecedented (B) disrupted (C) obsolete (D) desolate

6. Prices are high, families are often cramped, adult child ren are living at home or relying on the seemingly ____________ 'bank of Mom and Dad' – if they are lucky enough to have affluent parents. . (A) svelte (B) benign (C) insolent (D) inexhaustible

7. A 15-MINUTE practice spell of bowling was all it took for the Melbourne Stars to be convinced Shane Warne's burnt hand is ____________ enough for him to make his come back in the next quarter. (A) dexterous (B) consensual (C) perpendicular (D) exalted