The Foreign Minister said，“________ our hope that the two sides will work
towards peace.”
| A．This is | B．There is |
| C．That is | D．It is |
. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.
| A．departing | B．decreasing | C．descending | D．depressing |
American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
| A．ignored | B．refused | C．neglected | D．denied |
Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
| A．ordinary | B．common | C．usual | D．general |
. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.
| A．committing | B．attaching | C．comparing | D．relating |
I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.
| A．regard | B．account | C．thought | D．observation |