30. I _ enjoyed reading the novel, as the author had taken great care to develop the plot in a meaningful and clear way.

(A) painstakingly

(B) thoroughly

(C) negligently

(D) superficially

31. The _ questions posed by the nosy reporter made the celebrity feel uncomfortable and annoyed. (A) elegant (B) intrusive (C) efficient (D) inherited

32. After a horrible murder happened, the police _ several suspects for hours. (A) interrogated (B) offset (C) stereotyped (D) registered

33. The manager has set up a clearly defined _ to train new waiters how to greet guests and take their order step by step. (A) formation (B) deadline (C) manufacture (D) procedure

34. The yeast added to the dough caused it to _, resulting in the bread rising and developing a soft, airy texture. (A) feed (B) ferment (C) fast (D) fabricate

35. Hannah thought the long walk might exhaust her, but it turned out to be a relaxing one. It was really _. (A) under the weather (B) a blessing in disguise (C) a snowball effect (D) at face value

36. The famous composer's _ talent for classical music was evident right from a young age. (A) coherent (B) inherent (C) instructive (D) successive

37. The police officers showed _ in dealing with the difficult situation and managed to resolve it peacefully. (A) discretion (B) dimension (C) medallion (D) medication

38. The professor's highly biased and controversial statement _ a heated debate among students and faculty members. (A) let go (B) set off (C) gave in (D) cut down

39. The famous band received a(n) _ welcome from crowds of fans when they arrived at the concert venue. (A) dubious (B) eligible (C) negligible (D) rapturous

40. The online instant service aims to _ the application for social welfare. (A) fluctuate (B) formulate (C) fabricate (D) facilitate 閱讀測驗部分 (請依下文回答第41題至第45題): It is still a problem for many people in the world to have safe water to drink. Some people hold that bottled water is a more convenient product than tap water when you need a quick drink; 41 few may wonder where the former is made and why it costs so much. In fact, tap water isn't a universal luxury. It's 42 that more than 800 million people around the world don't have safe drinking water, and even in the US, cities had to use bottled water 43 tap water. The tap water had aging facilities or toxic chemicals in the water supply. On the other hand, bottled water has a huge environmental impact. It usually 44 a lake, spring, or underground aquifer, and on average, 45 need 3 liters of water to make one liter of bottled water. To make plastic bottles, they need billions of gallons of oil every year and 2,000 times more energy than tap water needs.

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