After three years of painful struggling to earn a degree, I finally decided to forget it and begin to ________ my rock 'n' roll fantasy during my last year in law school．

A．block out

B．live out

C．stand out

D．make out

Eli Whitney's idea of “standardization” meant producing thousands of exactly the same parts-of cars, for example-that would ________ place where the other parts were broken．

A．associate with

B．appeal to

C．fit into

D．seize on

The new bank is aimed at both mainland Europe and the UK, where the market for deals of this size is ________ by the American investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley．

A．involved

B．dominated

C．prohibited

D．preserved

The principle that all teachers, regardless of subject, should ________ basic standards of competence in maths and English is already accepted by GCSE requirements．

A．attain

B．adore

C．adopt

D．assess

According to Miss Powel, a sales representative of skin care products, careful consideration needs to be taken when looking after ________ facial skin and preserving its youthful qualities．

A．decent

B．delicate

C．vacant

D．desperate

She was not a housewife in the conventional sense-she never got support from Pound, not just because he had no money, but because she was too ________ and independent to need help．

A．admirable

B．dynamic

C．vague

D．competent

The suspect is expected to be brought to justice, as another two ________ witnesses have promised to be coming in court．

A．reliable

B．punctual

C．secure

D．respectful

The White House said that it had ________ about Caio Koch-Weser's running in the election, and would not be backing his appointment．

A．collisions

B．motivations

C．reservations

D．expectations

The atmosphere was very unpleasant; local ________ was being fuelled against us and we were actually prisoners at our hotel．

A．routine

B．hostility

C．feature

D．boundary

Everything, unless otherwise ________, will go on as planned．

A．stating

B．states

C．to state

D．stated