He created a lot of vivid characters in his best-selling novels, thus winning the ______ of book-lovers all over the world.

A．affection          B．sympathy          C．bonus            D．dignity

At last, I should thank Mr. White for the _______ of speaking here and for ensuring me such an attentive audience.

A．prejudice         B．privilege          C．ambition          D．favor

Lack food supplies and wanted by the police, the terrorists made a ______ attempt to hijack(劫持) a plane to Iran.

A．brave            B．fresh             C．harmful           D．desperate

Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.

A．acknowledged      B．permitted         C．adapted           D．congratulated

The old man asked the children to _____ to each other near the campfire so that he could start telling his story at once.

A．take up           B．stay up            C．close up          D．turn up

 To solve the problem, we would appreciate it if you could give us an ______ explanation and compensate (补偿) us.

A．abundant         B．adequate          C．approximate       D．awesome

The Chinese government has made great efforts to ______ the gap between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.

A．abolish           B．conduct           C．drag             D．narrow

All around them was only the white snow and the night; they were ____________ from the rest of the world and were conscious only of each other.

A．cut out           B．cut down          C．cut off            D．cut in

That restaurant serves __________ the best food I’ve ever eaten, so I strongly recommend you go there next time.

A．actually           B．eventually         C．absolutely         D．steadily

Somehow this seems to me to be _______. How could a team that had fought for Canada before suddenly become citizens of the USA?

A．out of question     B．out of place        C．out of shape       D．out of control