2 . Both moral virtue and intellectual virtue are worthwhile human pursuits, but some scholars _________ the former as a universal need for a healthy civilization.

A．advance

B．empathize

C．elevate

D．approve

3 . By numbering the sequence we can follow the reader wandering through the picture and see changes of direction, _______ cross space, and so on.

A．blanks

B．leaps

C．motions

D．advances

4 . One’s mind, once _______ by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

A．stretched

B．advanced

C．motivated

D．inserted

5 . A storm ______ during the night and there are fallen leaves here and there.

A．arose

B．advanced

C．raised

D．increased

6 . It was a fitting opportunity to experience virtual reality (VR) technology that some experts _________as an eco-friendly solution to the problem of over-tourism.

A．had advanced

B．advanced

C．had been advanced

D．would advance

7 . This research has done much to ________ our understanding of language learning.

A．preserve

B．advance

C．prevent

D．defend

8 . Our school has ________ a new teaching method to meet the requirement of the students.

A．adapted

B．adopted

C．adjusted

D．advanced