Every year, Thomson Reuters draws up a list of potential nominees for the economics, medicine, chemistry and physics prizes.

A. brokers                                                        

B. distributors

C. contestants                                                    

D. candidates

TheUnited   States’s debt crisis has reached a stalemate due to the two parities refusing to make a compromise over their preferred debt reduction plans.

A. constraint                                                     

B. promotion

C. settlement                                                     

D. forecast

Yiwu has become a shopping paradise for tourists from all over the world with its bewildering range of cheap, quality merchandise.

A. amazing                                                       

B. complex

C. reasonable  

D. primary

Researchers have debated whether economic and environmental regulations unduly burden small businesses.

A. conventionally                                              

B. unnecessarily

C. potentially  

D. virtually

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) would never recognize the legitimacy of the agreement.

A. comparison                                                  

B. disguise

C. output 

D. lawfulness