单项选择题 The President took a drubbing from much of the press which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag（）.

单项选择题 The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard clichēs of the ongoing debate over international affairs（）.

单项选择题 Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token, boys don't need a lot of space to practice it（）.