简答题Since the demand for roses has kept dropping over the past few years, rose growers are starting to sell other types of flowers so as to ________ lost rose sales.A) pull awayB) make up for C) serve onD) open up to简答题It was unusual for a writer to be able to produce films on his works, and ________ few film directors were writers in their own right.A) ideallyB) scarcelyC) casuallyD) conversely简答题Witnesses said that the car fire was ________, as they saw a middle-aged man pour petrol over the car and set it on fire.A) deliberate B) naturalC) arbitraryD) visible简答题A few thousand years ago, people lived about 30 years. Now many people live over 75 years. Obviously, we have already ________ our lives to an amazing degree.A) attainedB) extended C) stretchedD) enriched简答题Just because someone is good or bad at one thing, it does not ________ that the person will also be good or bad at other things.A) engageB) involveC) guarantee D) concede简答题The fire was a heavy blow, but we were ________ to pick up the pieces and get the business back on its feet.A) determined B) accustomedC) scaredD) restrained简答题There is considerable ________ with respect to attitudes toward technology, mostly from one generation to another.A) variation B) privilegeC) conventionD) deficiency简答题Because Australia’s native people and black Africans share such ________ characteristics as skin color and body shape, they were widely assumed to be closely related.A) profoundB) inevitableC) superficial D) appealing