The visiting European architects showed great ______ for the ancient Chinese building designs in the Forbidden City.

 The American girl has a good          of Chinese and can express herself freely in the language.

---- I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired. ---- There is no _____ for this while you are on duty.

Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no _________ to speed up deliveries.

Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s ice, and most of its fresh water (70%) is in a frozen          .