The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. The biotech sector has emerged as one of the main areas of industrial growth in the new century owing to its profound impact on human quality of life.

I A. paltry

B. negligible

C. significant 

2. As part of its efforts to prioritize this area in national development strategies, the Taiwanese government has offered numerous incentives for investment in and development of this industry, making the industry a potential engine of sustained economic growth.

A. prospective 

B. unpropitious

C. inauspicious

3. As part of its efforts to prioritize this area in national development strategies, the Taiwanese government has offered numerous incentives for investment in and development of this industry, making the industry a potential engine of sustained economic growth.

A. impetuses 

B. impediment

C. determent 

4. In the biotech sector, examination reagents, medical supplies and medicaments are all key areas for development.

A. inflictions

B. maladies

C. remedies

5. Additionally, the SARS crisis in 2003 heightened concerns over Taiwan’s inability to effectively prevent epidemics and treat infected patients.

A. mitigated

B. augmented 

C. abated

6. Efforts in drug and vaccine development following the SARS epidemic demonstrated the increased attention being paid to biotechnology.

A. pandemic

B. affluence

C. opulence  

7. Besides raising awareness of the need to effectively prevent diseases or develop a successful vaccine, the SARS crisis emphasized the need to promote immunity in the community.

A. demoralized

B. played down

C.  punctuated

8. While biotechnology efforts in Taiwan are focused on the pharmaceutical industry, the local market scale is small owing to limited success in penetrating the household market, as evidenced by the lack of research and development capabilities, incomplete clinical research and product trials, as well as the daunting regulations governing the use of specific drugs.

A. plenary

B. fragmentary

C. integral

9. While biotechnology efforts in Taiwan are focused on the pharmaceutical industry, the local market scale is small owing to limited success in penetrating the household market, as evidenced by the lack of research and development capabilities, incomplete clinical research and product trials, as well as the daunting regulations governing the use of specific drugs.

A. audacious 

B.  insipid

C.  bland

10. To foster its competitiveness, the biotechnology sector should strengthen its research capabilities, develop patented technologies and attract biotechnology professionals with expertise in multidisciplinary fields.

A. incompetence

B. callowness

C.  adeptness 

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