单选题 Smartphone conversations, which are fairly _____________ on commuter trains, can beannoying to fellow commuters.

单选题 Services such as cooking, cleaning, and __________ the elderly to hospitals are in highdemand.

单选题 The Chinese scientific community will __________ with their international peers in frontierscience research.

单选题 Thanks to its nine-year __________ education, China has one of the highest literacy rates inthe world, which is a great achievement.

单选题 They are able to take __________ ideas, thoughts, and generalizations and weave them intomeaningful patterns.

单选题 That visit was hard work because he spoke no Chinese and had only a(n) __________ plan ofaction.

单选题 However, your current losses should soon be __________ by gains– the fund will produce apositive return of 11.6 percent over a nine-month period.

单选题 In the 1970s, the firm was restructured to __________ the business and pursue new areas ofgrowth.

单选题 In doing translation, one should not __________ the meaning of the original to suit one’s owntaste.