He can speak English, German, French and Japanese. He is nearly a man with a (an) ______ for language.
| A．gift | B．present | C．ability | D．skill |
President-elect Barack Obama has asked his economic team for ______ recovery plan that creates 2.2 million jobs, for ______ US economy is losing jobs at an alarming rate.
A. a; the B the; the C. /; the D. a; /
Her design won the first prize in the competition. Years of patience and hard work had at last ______.
| A．put off | B．paid off | C．taken off | D．kept off |
He asked us to ______ them in carrying through the plan at the meeting yesterday.
| A．provide | B．encourage | C．assist | D．persuade |
The ______ look suggested that there must be something ______ around her.
| A．scaring; scared | B．scared; scaring | C．scaring ; scaring | D．scared; scared |
Chongqing and Wuhan are among the most important cities in China _______ their size and population.
| A．in favor of | B．in case of | C．in view of | D．in terms of |