They ____ in Holland for ten years．Now they have settled down in Paris．
| A．lived | B．have lived | C．had lived | D．were living |
If water becomes increasingly scarce in decades ______, water shortage will become a hot issue all over the world.
| A．coming | B．having come | C．to come | D．to be coming |
The elderly need special care in winter, as they are ______ to the sudden change of weather.
| A．sensitive | B．negative | C．flexible | D．sensible |
—We’ll take the conditions into careful consideration ______ you have attached to this contract.
—Thanks. Hope for further cooperation.
| A．as | B．which | C．where | D．what |
The story is moving, and the questions, I suppose, are not so difficult as they appear ______.
| A．to answer | B．to be answered | C．answering | D．being answered |
My calculations were based on the ______ that house prices would remain steady.
| A．theory | B．regulation | C．procedure | D．assumption |