By sending text message or chatting online, we have been in touch for months, but I have never met my new friend ______.

A. by accident                     B. on purpose                    C. in the flesh            D. in her absence

 If you are invited to any special occasion such as a wedding or a celebration, you will have to be ______ dressed.

A. attractively                   B. appropriately          C. conventionally        D. flexibly

 My friends Jim and Edward gave me apparently _______ advice as to whether I should accept the offer, which put me in a dilemma.

A. realistic              B. contradictory       C. competitive           D. contemporary

 Prices, which sharply went up in the first quarter of this year, are now _______ and should not increase with some firm measures taken by the government.

A. steady                  B. casual                   C. random                  D. economical

 Chemicals in our stomachs _____ the food we eat so we can absorb the nutrients to help our bodies function well.

A. break down                     B. break away from            C. break up                 D. break out of

 Nowadays, children are ______ too many violent online games, which is bad for the development of their characters.

A. defeated by                    B. limited to               C. handled by                     D. exposed to

 Some economists _______ the reform of the state-owned business, while some workers are against it for fear of being laid off.

A. consume                 B. reject                            C. advocate                D. predict

 The teachers decided to ______ a more gradual approach in their teaching to meet the needs of the students who were a bit slow in learning.

A. adopt                       B. analyze                   C. acquire                   D. adapt

 It’s advisable to ignore some details properly but to consider its general _______ when assessing some kind of treatment.

A. symptom                  B. abuse                      C. faith                       D. effect

 Unless a heart transplant is carried out, his chance of _______ is slight, since it is the third time that he has suffered a severe heart attack.

A. championship           B. survival                   C. scholarship                    D. approval