My mom’s __________ determined me to go on with my study.

The company turned a deaf ear to the workers’ _____ about their pay and working conditions.

_______ refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people and events.

She is on a special ________ to lose ________ weight.

.Since we have failed many times, why not take  a new _________to solving the problem?

The managing director of this department took the ______ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

The school advisers help you talk through your problems but they don't give you any direct __ .

In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly______.

What he has done is far from___________.

E-Mail is a _____of communication and it is becoming more and more popular.
A. type          B. mean              C. means              D kind