While the government says there is a(n) supply of houses prices of apartments have been go

问题补充：

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

答案：

A. parallel

B. absent

(答案→)C. abundant

D. short

解析：词义辨析。A. 平行的B. 缺少的 C. 充裕的 D. 短缺的。句意：尽管政府说住房供应是充裕的，这些年房价还是一直在涨。选C。