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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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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

第16至20題為題組
Then as commercial air travel became popular in the 1950s and airplanes began flying higher and faster， three planes mysteriously broke apart in midair. The cause? Square windows. Scientists found that sharp corners are natural weak spots where stress concentrates. The problem is ______ when airplanes fly at higher altitudes， where the difference between the inside and outside pressure increases， causing added stress.
(A) disguised
(B) understood
(C) confronted
(D) intensified

Recent research has found lots of evidence to ______ the drug company’s claims about its “miracle” tablets for curing cancer.
(A) provoke
(B) counter
(C) expose
(D) convert

Corrupt officials and misguided policies have ______ the country’s economy and burdened its people with enormous foreign debts.
(A) crippled
(B) accelerated
(C) rendered
(D) ventured

Studies show that the ______ unbiased media are in fact often deeply influenced by political ideology.
(A) undoubtedly
(B) roughly
(C) understandably
(D) supposedly

第11至15題為題組
Gaps in the treetops resulting from crown shyness may allow trees to increase their ______ light and enhance photosynthesis.
(A) reliance on
(B) exposure to
(C) sensitivity to
(D) reflection on

第16至20題為題組
Moreover， the effect is often ______ space motion sickness， headaches， and nausea.
(A) varied with
(B) brought about
(C) transferred from
(D) accompanied by

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The secret is: Never wait until the body is telling you you’re thirsty， since there must already have been significant changes in your body for it to eventually ______ your consciousness.
(A) absorption (B) active (C) alert (D) combat (E) option
(F) effective (G) even (H) status (I) pass through (J) reach for

Do you know what time the next bus is ______? I’ve been waiting here for more than 30 minutes.
(A) apt
(B) due
(C) bound
(D) docked