Many women work in big companies，but in the boardrooms of most big companies, women are in the _______.
| A．scarcity | B．minority | C．majority | D．popularity |
The discovery was made in the 1950s, while the ________ of it was not recognized until half a century later.
| A．sacrifice | B．difference |
| C．significance | D．insurance |
Many of us would agree that improving the countryside through technology has great potentials ______ food development in China.
| A．in terms of | B．regardless of |
| C．in spite of | D．on account of |
It may not work out that one living in an English-speaking country will acquire the language ________.
| A．effectively | B．fluently |
| C．automatically | D．severely |
An ideal job should be one that _____ what you are good at with what you are interested in.
| A．combines | B．connects |
| C．contacts | D．concentrates |
Several underground stations are under construction at the same time these days, ________ the rush hour traffic even worse.
| A．to make | B．makes | C．making | D．made |