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Hidden deep in a small alley among various tiny shops， the entrance of the Michelin star restaurant is barely ______ to passersby.
(A) identical
(B) visible
(C) available
(D) remarkable

The original budget for my round-island trip was NT$5，000， but the ______ cost is likely to be 50 percent higher.
(A) moderate
(B) absolute
(C) promising
(D) eventual

After watching a TV program on natural history， Adam decided to go on a ______ for dinosaur fossils in South Dakota.
(A) trial
(B) route
(C) strike
(D) quest

With pink cherry blossoms blooming everywhere， the valley ______ like a young bride under the bright spring sunshine.
(A) bounces
(B) blushes
(C) polishes
(D) transfers

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A book town is a rural town in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated. The concept was ______ by Richard Booth， who opened the first second-hand bookshop in Hay-on-Wye， UK in 1961.
(A) initiated
(B) represented
(C) acknowledged
(D) manipulated

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Following him， many local people opened their own bookshops， and the small town soon became a model of sustainable rural development and tourism. Since the 1970s， book towns like Hay-on-Wye ______ up all over the world.
(A) spring
(B) sprang
(C) had sprung
(D) have been springing

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Although all book towns have a great number of bookshops， that’s where the similarities ______.
(A) form
(B) count
(C) end
(D) matter

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For example， an annual book festival is held in Hay-on-Wye. Clunes， in Australia， holds a monthly book talk that hosts authors to discuss their latest ______.
(A) trends
(B) releases
(C) agendas
(D) announcements

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As digital reading is changing our traditional way of reading， book towns like Hay-on-Wye are particularly important to ______.
(A) get their worldwide fame
(B) conform to the new mode
(C) make their visitors satisfied
(D) keep the printed word alive

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Airline passengers may have noticed that all plane windows have rounded edges， instead of the hard corners commonly found in our house. The round windows are indeed pleasant to the eye， but they actually were designed for reasons ______ assthetics.
(A) contrary to
(B) except for
(C) more of
(D) other than