23. The old building is in a good state of ______ except for the wooden floors.
A. observation B. preservation C. conservation D. compensation

<preservation>
preservation 保存
</preservation>

<conservation>
conservation (樓房等)保存
conservative 保守的
conservation organization 動(dòng)物保護(hù)組織
conservative organization 保守組織
</conservation>

<observation>
observation 觀察，觀測(cè)
</observation>

<compensation>
compensation 補(bǔ)償，賠償
compensate 付報(bào)酬
</compensation>

<dispense>
dispense 分配，分送(財(cái)務(wù))
pense 花費(fèi)，分開花費(fèi)
appropriate 適當(dāng)?shù)?BR></dispense>