Compared with the generation of our grandparents, who grew up in an age when people were lack of almost every kind of materials, we should be content with the________ supply.

A. abundant    B. apparent

C. absurd    D. academic

The government has been under growing pressure to ________ the causes of air pollution as smog frequently smothers the country's large cities.

A. release    B. schedule

C. address    D. maintain

How could you ________ such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?

A. turn off    B. turn in

C. turn down    D. turn to

（题文）Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained ____；people are still looking for other possible solutions.

A. unchallenged    B. relevant

C. controversial    D. contradictory

I________through that bitter period without your generous help.

A. couldn't have gone    B. didn't go

C. wouldn't go    D. hadn't gone

—I wonder ________ Mary has kept her figure after all these years.

—By working out every day.

A. where    B. how

C. why    D. if

The Australian boy has a good ________of Chinese and can communicate with others freely.

A. request    B. command

C. demand    D. usage

People's ________ for bicycles may reflect public dissatisfaction with bus service.

A. insistence    B. preference

C. confidence    D. reference

（题文）The librarians ________ the books in the library as novels，which are popular with us.

A. suppose    B. classify

C. look    D. insist

________Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and you'll find it's more convenient to live in the former.

A. To compare    B. Comparing

C. Compare    D. Compared