14.One of the searching burning/pressing/interesting）questions （problems）facing（confronting）our nation（society/world）today is…
15.One of the biggest issues（hottest topics/most popular things/most serious problems）many people talk（complain）about now is…
16.Now（Perhaps）most dangerous（undesirable/harmful）for our nation（society/world/college）is the trend（tendency/phenomenon）of…which is apparent（obvious/evident/pervasive/rampant/under way） in…
17.Inflation（Corruption/Social inequality）is yet another of the new and bitter truths we have to learn to face now（constantly）.
18.A（n）virtual epidemic（acute shortage/serious campaign）of…is now under way in this country（society）.According to a recent（new）study（poll/survey）.
19.Here and there（In city after city/At offices and plants）across the country（land），a（n）growing（increasing/surprising/significant）
20.With the rapid（marked/amazing）①development（improvement/expansion）of②increase（growth/decline in）…
With the general（growing/common）①recognition（realization/acknowledgement of）②commitment（devotion/dedication）to ③interest in（concern over/enthusiasm for）…
With…playing an increasingly big role in（attaching much importance to）…more and more.
21.Nowadays（Currently/Recently）there is a ①growing/commonly tendency to/in/that ②general/deep-seated belief in/that
③general/uneasy feeling of/against/that ④growing/nation-wide recognition of/that ⑤growing/general awareness of/that ⑥deep/serious concern over/for/that ⑦deep/keen interest in ⑧growing/great demand for
⑨growing/great enthusiasm for/among sb.
22.In recent few years（the past few decades）there is（has been）a ①sharp（marked/sudden/dramatic increase/growth/rise/decline in） ②astonishing（increasing/sizable number/percentage/proportion/population of）…
According to a（n）recent（new/official）study（survey/report/ poll）…
23.Any visitor to this city（country）…would almost inevitably ①deduce（draw his conclusion） ②be surprised（struck/impressed）by the fact…
24.Whenever you see（find）…，you cannot help being struck（surprised/astonished/disappointed/impressed）by（at）…
