He is a talkative man, but he didn’t say a word in today’s discussion．I am not sure how to _____ his silence．
| A．treat | B．master | C．grasp | D．read |
Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
| A．gloomy | B．dull | C．awkward | D．tedious |
The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
| A．alternate | B．alternative | C．absolute | D．appreciable |
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
| A．loosing | B．missing | C．losing | D．looking for |
. As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere.
| A．log | B．lodge | C．landing | D．lodging |
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
| A．on the other hand | B．on the contrary | C．to the contrary | D．in consequence |