[单项选择]To compensate for the substantial decline in the availability of fossil fuels in future years, we will have to provide at least an ______ alternative energy source.
A. anticipated
B. official
C. equivalent
D. emotional

[单项选择]To compensate for the substantial decline in the availability of fossil fuels in future years, we will have to provide at least an ______ alternative energy source.
A. anticipated
B. official
C. equivalent
D. emotional

[单项选择]To compensate the miscarriage of justice, the defence lawyers may ______.
A. demand 500,000 pounds for the Guildford Four
B. demand 500,000 pounds for each of the Guildford Four
C. demand 50,000 pounds for each of the Guildford Four
D. demand a reexamination of the Birmingham pub bombings

[单项选择]Marsh&Mclellan will establish a fund to compensate clients in order to______.

[单项选择]Many airlines will offer substantial discounts in an effort to remain ______ during the tourist season.
A. sophisticated
B. competitive
C. considerate
D. superficial

[单项选择]The passage suggests that the spiraling decline of black neighborhoods can be blamed primarily upon
A. (A) a lack of political will within underprivileged communities to counter the economic effects of segregation
B. (B) the diminished significance of urban black neighborhoods as economic and residential centers relatively to other areas of the city
C. (C) the tendency of poor blacks to live among other poor minorities, unlike poor whites, who live dispersed among rich whites
D. (D) the uniqueness of the geographic pattern in which black communities have developed in America, relative to other communities
E. (E) a lack of resources within the urban black American communities to resist the forces which lead to segregation

[单项选择]Many experts hold that the forthcoming decline of polar bears is______.
A. directly caused by the diminishing Arctic ice
B. directly caused by the atmospheric buildup of heat-trapping gases
C. a symbol of the weather change
D. absolutely based on the emission of heat-trapping gases

[单项选择]What is the substantial difference between Newman's summer and that of other students

[单项选择]The firm should make a substantial profit satisfactory labor relations are maintained.
A. in case
B. with the purpose that
C. provided that
D. even if

[单项选择]The statement "The decline leveled off four years ago" (Last line, paragraph 2) implies that ______.


A. the number of children at boarding schools dropped sharply tour years ago
B. many boarding schools had to close four years ago
C. the changing of the number of the pupils in the boarding school became level after a sharp declining four years ago
D. more and more parents tended to send their children to some private school other than the boarding ones

[单项选择]According to Einstein, the current moral decline may be reversed ______.
A. if people can return to the" golden age"
B. when women and mean enjoy equal rights
C. when people rid themselves of prejudice
D. if less emphasis is laid on material things

[单项选择]According to Elshtain, the current moral decline may be reversed ______.
A. if people can return to the "golden age"
B. when women and men enjoy equal rights
C. when people rid themselves of prejudice
D. if less emphasis is laid on material things

[单项选择]The moral decline of American society is caused mainly by ________.
A. its growing wealth
B. the self-centeredness of individuals
C. underestimating the impact of social changes
D. the prejudice against women and minorities

[单项选择]You still need some substantial examples （） support of your argument, or few people will believe in your idea.
A. on
B. in
C. for
D. to