Part B:       In today’s world (well, of cinema), everything feels broken, but superheroes are   16   .Five of the 10 highest-grossing movies released in the U.S. in 2017 are superhero stories,   17   ofthis genre at the top of the box office in the history of the movies. In fact, only once has the top 10included four superhero movies—2016. They are the lifeblood of the movie industry, a fact that is moretrue now than ever. But while Hollywood   18   — tales of freakishly gifted beings and versatilevigilantes in pursuit of justice — the rest of the business has been grounded. Down 5.1 percentdomestically, the other movies have never been more   19   . As the number of feature films frommajor studios dwindles every year, and the willingness to produce original stories shrinks in equalmeasure, the imbalance is beginning to blot out everything else, with a few rare exceptions. It’s difficultto know which has come at the expense of which behind this   20   : Are superhero movies gettingbetter, or is everything else getting worse?
【題組】16.
(A) indestructible
(B) invisible
(C) inadequate
(D) inevitable