There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness.

   A. help    B. resist    C. avoid    D. prevent

When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

A. demand    B. assume    C. apply    D. anticipate

Radium salts, which have been found to _____ in bones, give rise to cancers of the bone.

A. pile up    B. build up    C. keep up    D. pull up

She got married although her parents had not given her their _____.

A. allowance   B. consent   C. permit  D. appreciation

I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

A. appearance    B. view    C. sight    D. expression

Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.

   A. hurt    B. spoiled    C. damaged    D. harmed

They did not find _____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.

   A. worth their while    B. it worthwhile

   C. it worth             D. it worthy

At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised.

   A. occasionally    B. consequently

   C. successively    D. subsequently.

The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

  A. element   B. spot    C. sense    D. point

Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.

A. ways    B. measures    C. issues    D. patterns