It takes ______ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weaknesses or ignorance.
| A．energy | B．patience | C．wisdom | D．courage |
As soon as the project ______ at the meeting, it attracted many people’s attention.
| A．comes up | B．was come up |
| C．came up | D．had been come up |
Today, ______ rapid development of transportation and communication, the whole world seems to be smaller.
| A．regardless of | B．in spite of |
| C．instead of | D．because of |
Some people got injured and some even got killed in the floods in Beijing in the summer of 2012, which made us ______.
| A．comfortable | B．nervous |
| C．calm | D．upset |
The head teacher told us that most of the students ______ born in the 1990s.
| A．were | B．had been |
| C．are | D．have been |
______ prevent her from attending the meeting, he took away the key to their car ______.
| A．So as to; by mistake |
| B．In order to; on purpose |
| C．In order to; to her surprise |
| D．So as to; in surprise |