I thought things would get better, but（）it is they are getting worse.

单项选择题The encouragement of competition in all possible fields should tend to（）the likelihood of war rather than increase it.

A.eliminate
B.accumulate
C.diminish
D.establish

单项选择题I began（）through the pages of a gardening catalogue.

A.thumbing
B.videoing
C.unscrewing
D.retrieving

单项选择题Many grandchildren form a close（）to their grandparents.

A.controversy
B.resentment
C.submission
D.attachment

单项选择题If the tiger had not had this disability it would have undoubtedly stayed in the jungle and hunted for food in the（）way.

A.customable
B.customer
C.accustomed
D.customary

单项选择题The plan has set off（） controversy.

A.a storm of
B.a stone of
C.a rock of
D.a blow of