In Japan, _____ private car is ______ popular means of transportation.
| A．the; a | B．a; the | C．the; the | D．the; / |
Of the estimated 42 million homeless people around the world, children again ______ one third.
| A．make up | B．take up |
| C．build up | D．turn up |
This school gives most of the children hope for the future by providing them with a chance to ______ knowledge.
| A．require | B．achieve |
| C．acquire | D．discover |
All this was used to ______ what percentage of time people spent in an unpleasant state.
| A．accumulate | B．calculate |
| C．accelerate | D．circulate |
The exciting news that Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature renewed people’s enthusiasm towards literature, which is a great ________ to the development of Chinese literature.
| A．motivation | B．competition |
| C．commitment | D．recognition |
Due to the unreasonable individual income ______, the gap between the rich and poor has become an outstanding issue.
| A．accommodation | B．association |
| C．distribution | D．contribution |