. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.

   A. attached to        B. resistant to

   C. responsible to     D. contrary to

Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

   A. state                    B. intention                    C. occasion                    D. practice

This book gives a brief _____ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

        A. outline                    B. reference                    C. article            D. outlook

 The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

A. rarity   B. scarcity  C. invalidity  D. variety

Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

A. anyone    B. the others    C. that    D. the ones

. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.

A. committing  B. attaching  C. comparing  D. relating

 High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

A. discourage   B. decrease   C. disturb   D. disgust

 They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

   A. behind the times    B. behind schedule

   C. ahead of time      D. in no time

. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

   A. woke                    B. waken                    C. wake                    D. awake

My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very _____ about the food he eats.

A. special                 B. peculiar                  C. particular                  D. unusual