Our house is the most _____ one in the street; it is painted red.

A. permanentB.indifferentC.predominant D. prominent

The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

   A. stopped    B. failed    C. missed    D. ceased

 If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

   A. put up with     B. fall in with

   C. do away with    D. get along with

. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.

   A. irregular     B. inevitable  

C. incredible    D. irresistible

 Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.

   A. deliberately    B. intensively

   C. decisively      D. objectively

The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

        A. abandoned  B. vanished C. scattered   D. deserted

. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.

   A. healed                    B. cured                    C. improved                    D. recovered

The members of the club wouldn't run a _____ in entrusting（委托） the organization to an unreliable person.

   A. danger                    B. risk                    C. hazard                    D. chance

The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.

        A. close                    B. short                    C. narrow                    D. fine

We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.

   A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes