17 When did feng shui become popular among Western people?
(A)In the early 19th century.
(B)In the late 19th century.
(C)In the early 20th century.
(D)In the late 20th century.

13 (A)stimulating(B) killing(C) kneading(D)shooting 

14 (A)wastes(B) museums (C)pastries  (D)libraries

15 (A)erased (B)arrested (C) cloned  (D)damaged

16 According to the passage, which of the following is true about the books on feng shui? (A)Before the mid-20th century, almost no one talked about feng shui in the United States. (B)The missionaries and colonial administrators were strong practitioners of feng shui. (C)The first English book on feng shui was written by the author of the passage. (D)Chinese scholars in the United States began to teach people what feng shui was in the 1970s.

18 According to the author, what is feng shui? (A)A dinner party conversation. (B)An interior decoration. (C)A practical science. (D)A source material.

19 What does the author think about the later-day Western feng shui? (A)"It must be so" is the learning attitude for mastering the skills of feng shui. (B)The faculty of invention makes a feng shui master scientifically professional. (C)Intuition plays a key role for a feng shui master to look for the right direction. (D)The studies of feng shui nowadays are generally too simplified to be scientifically precise.

20 Which of the following most accurately states the main idea of the passage? (A)The misleading understanding of recently published books on feng shui. (B)The crucial significance and urgent need to promote the science of feng shui. (C)The personal pleasure and public demand to work on the project of feng shui. (D)The historical development and recent studies of feng shui in the United States.

21 (A)at the killing off of (B)by the falling back of (C)in the crumbling down of (D)on the picking up of

22 (A)building (B)closing (C)lifting (D)paying

23 (A)rescues (B)ruins (C)shocks (D)structures