题目内容：

Depressed by the appalling grotesqueries of the election season-the smears,leaks,lies and alibis-and crushed by my beloved Cardinals' obliteration at the hands of the unstoppable Red Sox,I search for a bit of encouragement,an infinitesimal spark to______my sagging spirits.
According to a report resealesd Oct.27 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,the average height of American men is now 5 feet 9 1/2 inches,_____from 5 feet 8 inches in 1960

优质解答

第一个是一个正面的词汇,比如“saving/incite/”等等.后面的encouragement 和spark作为提示,要和前面的depressed相反了.
第二个是填入一个表示变化并且是增加的词汇,increase,等的
从**增加到**+N当然是这样的词汇了