In China, peach is a ______of long life and therefore makes an ideal birthday present.

The moonlight was bright and about 15 yards up the road there was a deep ___ thrown by a tree.

The big snow caused great _______to the people living in the south of China, ________some of them homeless.

Arriving home，the boy told his parents about all the________which occurred in his dormitory.

There’s a _____ in our office that when it’s somebody’s birthday, they bring in a cake for us all to share.

─Does this novel give you good     for your money?
─I think so.

This restaurant has become popular for  its wide ______of foods that suit all tastes and pocket.

Less than twenty percent of the employees in their company  are women.That is to say，women are in the____.

The  poor man made a_____after doing business forthree years.

The short-answer test is a kind of____between the composition and  selection types.