1 . China’s economic progress has been made ______ stronger efforts in energy saving and environmental protection.

A．in response to	B．in parallel with
C．in regard to	D．in conflict with

2 . Though China’s GDP growth marked the slowest since 2009. It was still within the reasonable range set by policy-makers and       market expectation.

A．in line with	B．in connection with
C．in conflict with	D．in parallel with

3 . While the government says there is a(n) ________supply of houses，prices of apartments have been going up these years.

A．parallel

B．absent

C．abundant

D．short

4 . It is reported that as well as the inquiry in London, there is a(n) __________ investigation going on in New York into the cause of the disaster.

A．parallel	B．awesome
C．sensible	D．genuine