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Pens are now made in         of shapes, sizes, and colors. 
(A) almost variety an endless (B) an almost endless variety 
(C) endless variety an almost (D) variety an almost endless 
When the experiment failed, Dr. Smith realized that he  the chemicals incorrectly. 
(A) mixes (B) has mixed (C) was mixed (D) had mixed 
Never again   political office after his 2012 defeat for the province’s governor. 
(A) did Jack Hamilton seriously seek (B) sincerely Jack Hamilton sought 
(C) Jack Hamilton seriously sought (D) Jack Hamilton has sincerely sought 
 A new poll finds that many workers are still living hand-to-mouth. According to a study by the 
1111  online  job  bank,  some  40  percent  of  respondents  say they  spend  their  entire   (26)   every 
month. A further 9 percent need to borrow money to  (27)  . Of those workers who are able to put 
some money  (28)  in savings, the amount they can save  (29)  just 6,345 NT a month. Also, 92 
percent of respondents were unsatisfied with their current salaries. About a quarter of respondents 
blamed this  (30)  low starting pay, 19 percent said it was hard to get raises, and about 10 percent 
says job opportunities are too few. 
(A) bill (B) credit (C) paycheck (D) statement 
(A) burn the candle at both ends (B) take it for granted 
(C) make capital out of it (D) make ends meet 
(A) off (B) away (C) down (D) aside 
(A) average (B) averages (C) averaging (D) to average 
(A) about (B) for (C) in (D) on 
   Taiwan’s  Environmental  Protection  Administration  (EPA)  said  it  will  include  plastic  straws  as 
part of its measure to reduce plastic use. The EPA is  (31)  the public to reduce or eliminate the 
use of plastic straws in our daily lives, for it is the third most found plastic waste in the ocean. The 
EPA also planned to inhibit tea shops  (32)  customers plastic straws starting next year. According 
to the  Liberty Times,  the  Taiwanese use about  3  billion  straws every  year. The  straws reportedly 
take up to 500 years to rot, and they  (33)  in the sea and landfill and contribute to the pollution 
problem  which  kills  marine  wildlife  and  leaves  tones  of  litter  on  beaches….  The  public  has 
different opinions on this issue. Some think it will be very inconvenient when buying drinks from 
tea shops,   (34)  others feel that it is environmental friendly and tea shops should come up with 
new  designs  of  cups  enabling  customers   (35)   the  beverage  without  using  single-use  plastic 
straws. 
(A) calling off (B) calling on (C) calling out (D) calling up 
(A) to give (B) giving (C) from giving (D) of giving 
(A) caught (B) end up (C) finding (D) have left 
(A) in spite of (B) when (C) which (D) while 
(A) drink (B) drinking (C) of drinking (D) to drink 
 Today, when we want new clothes, we can go to a clothing store and buy whatever you like. But for 
people two or three hundred years ago, getting new clothes was not so easy. Not only did they make 
their own clothing, but sometimes people wove their own cloth at home. And if they owed their own 
sheep, they even spun the wool into yarn themselves.