The incomes of skilled workers went up.    , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A. Moreover  B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Otherwise

 The system has been designed to give students quick and easy     to the digital resources of the library.

A. access    B. passage    C. way   D. approach

 There is a great deal of evidence     that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

A. indicate  B. indicating C. to indicate D. to be indicating

 The medicine works more effectively      you drink some hot water after taking it.

A. as    B. until    C. although     D. if

 Over the past decades, sea ice     in the Arctic as a result of global warming.

A. had decreased  B. decreased   C. has been decreasing D. is decreasing

 It took      building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.

A. other than    B. more than  C. rather than  D. less than

 The good thing about children is that they      very easily to new environments.

A. adapt B. appeal  C. attach D. apply

 —Is there any possibility       you could pick me up at the airport ?

—No problem

A. when  B. that C. whether  D. what

 The doctor recommended that you     swim after eating a large meal.

A. wouldn’t  B. couldn’t   C. needn’t   D. shouldn’t

 I have reached a point in my life     I am supposed to make decisions of my own.

A. which  B. where   C. how  D. why