The boss was accused of having a _________ against his female employees．

prejudice

reputation

symptom

profession

Exciting as its special effects are _________, there is too much violence in the film．

to watch

to be watched

watching

being watched

Student loan is supposed to provide financial support for people who would _________ not be able to go to college．

therefore

meanwhile

otherwise

nevertheless

I think you should go back to your _________ plan, which is much more practical than the present one．

random

original

abstract

ridiculous

With more than 17000 islands, _________ only 6000 are inhabited, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago(岛国)．

on which

for which

of which

along which

The first decade in the 21st century _________ the rapid rise of China as a world economic power．

witness

has witnessed

will witness

have witnessed

His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any _________ of it at all．

meaning

sense

idea

significance

The soldier raised his gun and calmly _________ it at the enemy commander, fired．

aiming

aimed

to aim

aim

_________ has recently been done to provide more buses for the people, a shortage of public vehicles remains a serious problem．

What

Though what

In spite of what

However what

_________, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job．Good wages．No experience necessary．”

Looking through the newspaper

While I was looking through the newspaper

To look through the newspaper

I was looking through the newspaper