An agreement seems to be impossible because the majority of the committee members are ________it.

A. against B. for

C. to D. with

A good story does not necessarily have to have a happy ending，but the reader must not be left ________.

A. unsatisfied B. unsatisfying

C. to be unsatisfying D. being unsatisfied

The speech given by that old professor seemed ________，which made the audience very bored.

A. hopeless B. effortless

C. endless D. careless

Beijing is ________to many key universities.

A. home B. family

C. house D. household

Don't leave matches or cigarettes on the table within the ________of little children.

A. hand B. reach

C. space D. distance

He took ________at the beginning of the year.

A. officer B. office

C. official D. officially

The town's water comes from the ________hills.

A. surrounded B. surrounding

C. nearly D. neighbour

It rained heavily in the south，________serious floods in several provinces.

A. caused B. having caused

C. causing D. to cause

They have been waiting for hours to see the singer，but the airplane must have been ________.

A. behind the times B. behind schedule

C. ahead of time D. in no time

All the nations，powerful or not，should be ________harmony with each other.

A. out of B. in

C. on D. of