The cnficing sides took the steptoward negotiation.

A. creative
B. obvious
C. initial
D. resourceful

It is important for people to continuallytheir confidence.

A. acquire
B. suspend
C. recall
D. boost

For the first time, every employee of our companyhave a 15-day paid holiday a year.

A. is entitled to
B. is characteristic of
C. attend to
D. is open to

The two countries are overthe boundaries of their coastal waters.

A. bundled up
B. stepped up
C. in dispute
D. pass through

Therobotic missions moving over Mars sent back a huge sum of information on the planet.

A. sworn
B. ice-coated
C. shaving
D. unmanned

Can youa time when the area where you live was very different from what it is today?

A. acquire
B. recall
C. boost
D. dramatic

In order to reduce (碳排放)and clear up the air, they plan to ban private cars downtownfrom 10:00 to 16:00.

Modern art is,(要说呢), not easy to appreciate.

The (改革开放) since December 1978 has brought about a dramatic change in China.

When the Communist Party of China was founded in 1, most of the China’s population lived in2 areas, where opportunities were largely limited to 3 . When new China was founded in 1949, only 4 people lived in cities. And that was about 5 people. The process got a significant boost in 1978, when then Leader Deng Xiaoping introduced the policy which drived the economy growth the next four decades. China’s ambitious 6 program rewarded development, industry and trade. And this led to the establishment of several 7 in urban areas. The milestone was reached in 2011, when China’s urban population surpassed its rural population. By 2019, it had passed 8 , nearly9 people living and working in cities, more than the total population’s US, Indonesia, and Brazil combined. New China reached 60% 10 years after its founding in 1949, when the rate was just 11 . It took the United States more than a 12 to go from 10 to 60%. In 1988, the GDP of China’s urban areas 13topped 700 billion yuan. By 2017, mega cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou were 14 over 2 trillion yuan in GDP a year. And prefectural-level (县级市) cities or cities below the major ones generated nearly 15 of national GDP the same year.