Women’s earnings are well below men’s, ______ educational difference that are decreasing between the two sexes.
| A．in favor of | B．in case of | C．in spite of | D．in terms of |
The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
| A．vanished | B．abandoned | C．scattered | D．rejected |
Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.
| A．powerful | B．influential | C．monstrous | D．vigorous |
The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.
| A．command | B．conviction | C．consent | D．compromise |
In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.
| A．admitted | B．acknowledged | C．absorbed | D．considered |
. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
| A．gloomy | B．dull | C．awkward | D．tedious |