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

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：形容词辨析。A平行的；B缺席的；C丰富的，充足的；D短的，短暂的；句意：尽管政府说有充足的住房供应，但是这些年房价还是一直在上升。