People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.
| A．appropriate | B．conscious | C．arbitrary | D．controversial |
________ for a long time, but he tried his best to make up for what he missed．
| A．Being ill staying in hospital |
| B．Having been ill staying in hospital |
| C．He was ill staying in hospital |
| D．To be ill staying in hospital |
--- I am really struck by your spoken English．You speak so fluently．Have you been abroad?
---Yes．I ______ in London for two years．
| A．have stayed | B．stayed |
| C．had stayed | D．have been staying |
British government is planning to run a pilot scheme that will allow Chinese tourists to get a two-year tourist visa for £85—these ______ cost £324．
| A．currently | B．apparently |
| C．frequently | D．similarly |
--What do you think of contemporary Chinese Literature about it?
--- Sorry , I have only a(n ) ____ idea about it．
| A．subjective | B．straightforward |
| C．arbitrary | D．vague |
He ______ himself to a search by the guards before entering the government building．
| A．objected | B．compromised |
| C．submitted | D．identified |