Ⅰ. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences

1、Before leaving his office, the manager showed no sign of ______ our proposals.

    A. responding to

    B. showing off

    C. bringing along

    D. pointing out

2、Hong Kong is a ______ city, and still more people are pouring in.

    A. popular

    B. populated

    C. populace

    D. populous

3、Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ______ obtaining water is not the least.

&nb ……此处隐藏22223个字…… ible mark by the fine traditions of the Chinese culture. They all cherish the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation(They share the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation).

    In this great epoch at the turn of the century, our motherland is developing toward greater prosperity and powerfulness. People across the Taiwan Straits are bound to strengthen their exchanges and will mutually promote the earliest possible achievement of the great cause of reunification of the motherland. At this transitional phase between the two millennia, in what way the young generation should embrace the forthcoming new century replete with hopes is a question to which we have to seek an answer.