The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. The Taiwanese animation sector is involved in animation films, cartoons, animation videos and Internet-based animation.

I A.  desisting from

B.  abstaining from

C.  committed to  

2. Digitization, or placing animated objects in a digital context, has transformed the sector and increased productivity and innovativeness.

A.  complacency

B.  tranquility

C.  creativity

3. Still, the animation sector faces many obstacles. 

A.  impediments

B.  access

C.  ingress

4. Overseas businesses continue to view Taiwanese animation firms as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), limiting their ability to build brand recognition.

A.  competence

B.  incapacitation

C.  impuissance

5. Additionally, labor costs in China and India are significantly lower than in Taiwan.

A.  regulation

B.  administration

C.  proletariat

6. Moreover, Taiwanese animation companies lack animation designers with global marketing expertise.  

A.  callowness

B.  adeptness

C.  incompetence

7. Taiwanese animation companies also have difficulty in securing bank loans or other financial support as company startups, largely owing to their relative immaturity. 

A.  restraining

B.  procuring

C.  detaining

8. Despite these obstacles, the local animation sector is increasingly pivotal in the economic development of Taiwan, and several encouraging developments are underway.

A.  paltry

B.  frivolous

C.  exigent

9. For example, the Ministry of Economic Affairs recently initiated a loan fund to develop digital content, which will benefit the animation sector.

A.  commenced

B.  retrenched

C.  truncated

10. In addition to providing the animation sector a more solid economic foundation, this project will also encourage an influx of skilled technical and management personnel.

A.  piddling

B.  ethereal

C.  stout

11. Additionally, the Taiwanese animation sector has adopted increasingly novel 3D techniques in cartoons, animation videos and Internet-based animation and animation films, for example Toy Story and SHREK.

A.  obsolete   

B.  neoteric

C.  archaic

12. Organizations in Taiwan committed to developing animation-related techniques can be categorized as either academic research centers or R&D departments in animation firms, with the former focused on developing 3D techniques and animation designs and the latter focused on business-related research and development tasks, such as enhancing process efficiency.

A.  frenzied 

B.  specified

C.  disorganized

13. If the Taiwanese animation sector is to become globally competitive, it must move beyond the traditional OEM model and develop brand recognition.

A.  stagnant

B.  waning

C.  emulous

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