30.
(A) On the contrary
(B) On the other hand
(C) However
(D) Accordingly

26. (A) composing (B) oppressing (C) imposing (D) exposing

27. (A) fight back (B) put up with it (C) applaud its success (D) take over the market

28. (A) sue (B) eradicate (C) enact (D) sidestep

29. (A) taken (B) shown (C) displayed (D) focused

31. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) The dynamics of a multilingual mind (B) The cognitive benefit of learning multiple languages (C) The lexical architecture developed by multilingual speakers (D) The cognitive load involved in the meaning retrieval process of multilingual speakers

32. According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true? (A) Multilingual speakers become expert in multitasking because they learn to efficiently distribute their mental resources from their language experience. (B) Multilingual speakers are not conscious of the underlying mental process when they alternate between/among different lexicons. (C) Multilingual speakers have larger working memory capacity，which allows them to perform multiple tasks at the same time. (D) Activation and suppression are two important tasks involved in a multilingual speaker’s meaning retrieval process.

33. What does the word “heightened” in line 10 (paragraph 2) mean? (A) induced (B) activated (C) enlarged (D) processed

34. What can we infer from the passage? (A) Efficient attention allocation leads to better multitasking skills. (B) Multitasking skills are directly related to working memory capacity. (C) Multitasking skills provide language learners with a head start in learning a language. (D) Only lexical candidates from the target languages are activated in a multilingual speaker's meaning retrieval process.

35. The word “operation” in line 8 (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to: (A) performance (B) treatment (C) functioning (D) organization

36. What is the exact meaning of the statement—“more research is warranted”？ (A) Answers to the inquiry about the benefit of multilingual minds still require more future research. (B) Existing empirical research has successfully explained everything we need to know about multilingual minds. (C) Questions about multilingual minds do not always come with an answer. (D) Existing research on multilingual minds does not provide valid data/evidence.