2.        It is a sure sign that a hot trend has reached the __21___ when the tax authoritiescatch up. Recently, the government promised a tax-evasion __22___ on social-mediainfluences, who are paid by brands to promote products online to __23___ offollowers. One of the big stars, Nina, a 30-something fashionista known as thelive-screaming queen, has already been fined $20 million for not declaring herincome.       The size of that Nina shows the __24___ scale of the industry, which accountsfor 12% online sales in China, Outside China, influencers are also likely to have an__25___ role in e-commerce. For all firms with brands- and together those brands areworth $2 billion- it is time to realize that influencing is more than just hobby.      The use of personal __26___ used to be about__27___ existing celebrity power.Elizabeth Taylor touted Colgate-Palmolive’s shampoo in the 1950s, and MichaelJordan’s deal in 1984 with Nike __28___ both basketball and branding. Influencersturn the __29___ on its head: selling things helps make them more famous. Throughcurated feeds of clipped videos and filtered photos, they offer recommendations toconsumers, __30__with glimpses into their daily lives that give their artifice an auraof authenticity. Sometimes they disclose how they are paid. Often, they do not.
(A)mingled
(B) sheer
(C) logic
(D) raucous
(E) harnessing(F) armies (G)mainstream (H) staying (I) endorsements(BC) enduring (BD) revolutionized (CD) crackdown
【題組】21.