1 . Due to the damage caused by war, local people are in ________ need of peace and harmony.

A．immerse

B．desperate

C．graceful

D．obsessive

2 . Although he was attracted by the girl in red, he tried to appear ________ as he asked her to dance.

A．casual

B．desperate

C．sceptical

D．typical

3 . When these slave owners descendants finally realized that slavery time has departed America, they began to awaken and see how       they were to keep America in the olden days.

A．desperate

B．delicate

C．despair

D．diligent

4 . She clung to the edge in a(n) ________ attempt to save herself.

A．exhausted

B．desperate

C．patriotic

D．profound

6 . Much to my anger, what Miss Lin said at the meeting was not ________ with what she had told me before.

A．consistent

B．desperate

C．irrelevant

D．innocent

7 . ________, Jane couldn’t ________her tears of regret.

A．Desperate; help	B．Desperately; contain
C．Desperate; contain	D．Desperately; hold

8 . The program provides ______ support to people who lost their jobs in the pandemic.

A．energetic

B．desperate

C．intelligent

D．financial

9 . —A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch.
—But it will just make you feel so ______ that you cannot enjoy it.

A．desperate

B．skeptical

C．fragile

D．guilty

10 . Although he was a world-famous fashion photographer, Cunningham’s approach to life was ________.

A．associated

B．artificial

C．uncomplicated

D．desperate