Many plants could move northward and toward the Pacific coast_____ rising temperatures and changes in rainfall．
| A．with regard to | B．in defense of |
| C．by means of | D．in reaction to |
In recent months, behind closed doors the chairman and vice chairman ________ heated disagreements over whether to make public the findings or the documents.
| A．had had | B．have | C．have been had | D．have had |
But more than a month passed, real winter had come, and everything was still clear in his memory as though he ________ with Anna only the day before.
| A．was parted | B．has parted | C．had parted | D．had been parting |
I had just enough energy for a bit of wine in the Irish Bar, where the sweet Irish music relaxed me to the point ________ I had to take myself up to bed.
| A．which | B．that | C．where | D．as |
Despite a population of only 60,000 people in the area, ________ remains a split between three diverse racial groups.
| A．what | B．it | C．that | D．there |
He was so cold, he seemed so proud, ________ every time she met him, she experienced a kind of emotional electric shock.
| A．after | B．since | C．yet | D．for |