19.
(A) variables
(B) variety
(C) varies
(D) variations

15. To address the issue of curbing carbon emissions, Taiwan has decided to adopt a carbon “fee” rather than a carbon “tax” approach starting in 2025 to encourage businesses and industries to reduce their output of greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, where a carbon “tax” will be collected by the Ministry of Finance, with the tax revenues going into state _______ for use in the general budget, while a carbon “fee” would be collected by the Ministry of Environment with the fee revenues designated for specific uses, depending on which government authority collects the fee. (A) coffers (B) embezzlers (C) chauffeurs (D) grumblers

16. (A) gig (B) failure (C) objective (D) luxury

17. (A) adaptability (B) accessibility (C) discerning (D) adversity

18. (A) credits (B) credited (C) to credit (D) crediting

20. (A) emancipate (B) suffocate (C) inoculate (D) proliferate

21. (A) tainted (B) suctioned (C) eviscerated (D) scrutinized

22. (A) forbearance (B) surveillance (C) vengeance (D) repugnance

23. (A) Brush up on (B) Cut to the chase (C) Run up against (D) Steer clear of

24. (A) germinating (B) sterilizing (C) galvanizing (D) vaporizing

25. (A) defrauding (B) saturating (C) revamping (D) indebting