The mother is very glad; her baby is beginning ______.
| A．understanding what she means | B．to understand that she meant |
| C．to understand what she means | D．noticing what she means , |
China has been considering raising the retirement age since 2008 to ________ its shrinking workforce and aging society.
| A．set off | B．put off | C．bring about | D．cope with |
The government has been under growing pressure to ________ the causes of air pollution as smog frequently smothers the country’s large cities.
| A．release | B．schedule | C．address | D．maintain |
Cartoons should _________ social morality and family values and avoid violent scenes, including those that children could easily imitate.
| A．demonstrate | B．advocate | C．approve | D．resolve |
Unlike a stage actor, a film actor must be able to perform small scenes out of ________ and often days apart in time.
| A．compliment | B．strategy | C．interruption | D．sequence |
The lead singer was ill and couldn’t sing that night, and her _______ didn’t perform well, which made the audience disappointed.
| A．attitude | B．substitute | C．institute | D．altitude |