12. The government has put forward new proposals to tackle the problem of increas-
    ing crime.
    A. brought up
    B. brought in
    C. brought back
    D. brought forward
    參考答案：12．正確答案是：D。本題考查動詞brin9的相關(guān)搭配。本句話的意思是“政府已經(jīng)拿出了新的提案，以解決日益增長的犯罪問題?！盇．bring up意為“教育，培養(yǎng)”；8．bring in意為“介紹，引進(jìn)”；C．bring back意為“拿回來，使恢復(fù)”；D．bring forward意為“提出，to officially introduce plans，etc．for people to discuss”，因此本題應(yīng)當(dāng)選D。