[单项选择]There was a profound silence after his remark.
A. proud
B. short
C. sudden
D. deep

[单项选择]After his recovery from illness, he is determined to（　） what he had been doing to attain the goal.
A. assume
B. consume
C. presume
D. resume

[单项选择]Soon after his appointment as secretary-general of the United Nations in 1997, Kofi Annan lamented that he was being accused of failing to reform the world body in six weeks. "But what are you complaining about" asked the Russian ambassador: "You’ve had more time than God." Ah, Mr. Annan quipped back, "but God had one big advantage. He worked alone without a General Assembly, a Security Council and [all] the committees."
Recounting that anecdote to journalists in New York this week, Mr. Annan sought to explain why a draft declaration on UN reform and tackling world poverty, due to be endorsed by some 150 heads of state and government at a world summit in the city on September 14th- 16th, had turned into such a pale shadow of the proposals that he himself had put forward in March. "With 191 member states", he sighed, "it’s not easy to get an agreement."
Most countries put the blame on the United States, in the form of its abrasive new ambassador, John Bolton, for insisting at
A. biased
B. indifferent
C. skeptical
D. impartial