Coca-Cola seems determined that Slice’s sales won’t come at the expense of Sprite.

A.strengthened  

B.brittle  

C.to have a strong will 

D.weakened

At the summit meeting, America insisted that Japan should come up with specific measures that would enable it to meet new import targets.

A.bring with 

B.come across  

C.put off

D.reach out

The slowdown of the industrial countries in 1991 partly originated in structural problem inherited  from the 1980s.

A.resulted in 

B.derived from 

C.concluded 

D.recommended

The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from the government

A.yielding 

B.persuasive 

C.following 

D.speculative

China has borrowed almost US $2 billion from the World Bank and its affiliates, but a substantial proportion of these loans are still to be disbursed

A.sent 

B.paid 

C.counted 

D.checked