China has been considering raising the retirement age since 2008 to ________ its shrinking workforce and aging society.
A. set off B. put off C. bring about D. cope with
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
Cartoons should _________ social morality and family values and avoid violent scenes, including those that children could easily imitate.
A. demonstrate B. advocate C. approve D. resolve
Unlike a stage actor, a film actor must be able to perform small scenes out of ________ and often days apart in time.
A. compliment B. strategy C. interruption D. sequence
The lead singer was ill and couldn’t sing that night, and her _______ didn’t perform well, which made the audience disappointed.
A. attitude B. substitute C. institute D. altitude
If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that.__ 1.__ But it never lets you know，because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow，creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?""Why can’t I think?"
__2.__ Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life，we have to get help from reading.
Once you read a book，you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. __3.__ Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times，the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity. __4.__ Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. __5.__ Go and get a book!
A．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.
B．Why not do some reading while you are hungry?
C．Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.
D．Now what are you waiting for?
E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.
F．Reading can help you make more friends, too.
G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.
