3. To improve its ________ , the fast food chain stores flooded the
market with children’s meals and gift toys with every meal.
(A) prices
(B) tales
(C) grades
(D) sales
17.When people started to buy more products online, companies ________ their advertising strategies to keep up with the competition.
(A) adjusted
(B) doubted
(C) deserved
(D) informed
18.The three candidates had a televised ________ where they discussed
their different opinions about education.
(A) detail
(B) guide
(C) design
(D) debate
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Three Taiwanese men have been shot __(21)__ in Cambodia. Local
police are working to determine __(22)__ the killings are connected with
recent cases of labor trafficking in the country. __(23)__ the Cambodian
media, the men were shot around 7 p.m. in an apartment. Police have
identified them only with first or familiar names — Xiao Lin, A-wei
and A-hong. All three men were in th eir 30s. Foreign Min istry __(24)__ Joanne Ou is warning Taiwanese in the country that the level of gun
violence in Cambodia has __(25)__ . She also says the Taiwanese
government is working with police in Cambodia to help solve the crimes
and provide support to the families. 【題組】21. (A) death
(B) dying
(C) die
(D) dead
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One of the first decisions many people make in the morning __(26)__ what to wear. Our clothes make a statement about our individual style
and beliefs; they can also say something about our cultural identity.
Fashion trends change not only with seasons but also annually, with new
styles __(27)__ , as well as old __(28)__ revived, on the catwalks of Paris,
Milan, London, and New York. __(29)__ back at changes in clothing
styles over the past few decades, it seems that fashion trends tend to
occur in cycles. __(30)__ was fashionable twenty years ago, for example,
may come back into fashion again in the near future. You only have to
pick up any fashion magazine to find lists of what is considered ‘in’ or
‘out’ of fashion at the moment. 【題組】28. (A) ones
(B) one
(C) that
(D) those
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Many of us think slavery is a thing of the past. It isn ’t. A new
report from the UN says there are about 50 million people in modern -
day slavery. This includes being trapped in forced labor or in forced
marriages. The International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of
the UN, created the report. The ILO said around one in 150 people in
the world is enslaved in some way. This figure has increased by one
fifth in the past few years. It is still growing. This is beca use of the
coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and the cost of living crisis.
These things have left people in extreme poverty. The only way they
can survive is to work in terrible conditions or be forced into unwanted
marriages.
The UN hoped to end this situation by 2030. However, since
creating this aim in 2016, the number of people in forced labor or forced
marriage shot up by 10 million. The ILO said modern slavery happens
when people “cannot refuse or cannot leave because of threats, violence,
deception, abuse of power or other forms of force .” Women and children
are at the most risk. The ILO said this problem existed in rich countries
as well as poor nations. An ILO representative said: “It would be a
mistake to believe that forced labor is solely th e problem of poor
countries.” He added that more than half of cases of forced labor and a
quarter of forced marriages are in “upper-middle-income or highincome countries,” with migrant workers more than three times as likely
as locals to be affected. For example, the report reveals that Qatar
violated labor rights while having migrants working for the soccer
World Cup event. 【題組】32.The number of people in modern slavery has increased by
in the past few years.
(A) 50%
(B) 20%
(C) 15%
(D) 5%