________ and short of breath, Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of Mount Tai.
| A．To be tried | B．Tired |
| C．Tiring | D．Being tired |
240. After our country’s entry into WTO, our agricultural products, such as ______ and so on are facing more and more challenge.
| A．foodstuffs, fruits, cotton | B．foodstuffs, textile, hand-made goods |
| C．fruits, cotton, hand-made goods | D．textile, fruits, cotton |
239. Since the plan for the project has been carefully worked out, what we have to do is to put it into _____.
| A．reality | B．action | C．fact | D．Practice |
238. It is beyond my _______ to decide whether we should begin our meeting or not.
| A．strength | B．power | C．force | D．Might |
237. The campus violence in America is a hot potato. The underlined part probably means _____.
| A．a potato freshly cooked | B．a problem difficult to settle |
| C．a fairly easy thing to do | D．a place the students want to go to |
236. Marine was very interested in _____ because her father is a famous _____ figure.
| A．politics; politics | B．politics; political | C．political; politics | D．political; political |