1. The new contracts with China and Japan will be assigned to Paul and Tony ____. (A) corruptively (
2. The spokesman for the renowned clothing company said they planned to launch a new store in the Cu
3. Teachers and parents complain that teenagers tend to be ____ to the world around them. (A) defens
4. When we learned that our friend Wendy had been killed in the car crash, we were all ____ by sadne
6. Harry Potter’s appeal ____ his role as a very ordinary boy who finds himself in extraordinary sit
7. Auto racing started over one hundred years ago with cars ____, it seems to us now, at speeds of j
8. While modern music may have overshadowed the simple charm of whistling, whistling contests are st
9. Extreme sports offer a thrill like no other in the world. It’s ____ that more and more people are
10. Van Gogh’s paintings ____ his extreme mood swings, as demonstrated by his two favorite subjects—
11. Nobody could ____ the woman when the merciless fire deprived her of her beloved husband and chil
12. The pond was closed because it was ____ by the nearby chemical factory. (A) contradicted (B) cra
13. Confucius is the eastern ____ of the greatest western philosopher, Socrates. (A) counterpart (B)
14. He humiliated me in public intentionally. That was a ____ insult. (A) dental (B) deficient (C) d