1. It may be possible to claim damages against a local authority for negligently failing to ensure that construction work complied eith the _____ building regulations.
A. magnificent B. relevant C. artificial D. delicate
2. A substantial proportion of educational costs was ______ to local authorities, although the latter had neither sufficient financial nor administrative means to carry out their new assignments.
A.transferred B.withdrawn C. hurled D. adjusted
3. Each product ______ by our company is quality tested at least three times, depending upon the requirements.
A. deprived B.associates with C. rests on D. consists in
4. The essence of being human _____ the values we place on ourselves in being human beings.
A.reaches for B. associates with C. rests on D. consists in
5. It is to be expected that homebuyers will be less _____ to borrow at today’s high rates.
A.restrained B. inclined C. obliged D. exposed
6. In Diana’s words the new invention can provide “disabled people with freedom from the wheelchair they spend so much of their life in, making them as ______ as the next gust of wind.”
A. mobile B. attractive C. hopitable D. marvelous
7. Materialism has until recently been _____ unknown in Confucial societies.
A. normally B. virtually C. invariably D. increasingly
8. Some lawyers say the law of deception must be _____ to include deception of machines rather than just people.
A. reflected B. unified C.adjusted D. loosened
9. The building materials industry _____ itself to meet the steady predictable demand of the house-building industry, thus eliminating one of the chief obstacles to the output of houses.
A. bound B.integrated C. geared D. lowered
10. The critical moment for harvest _____ from year to year and from one plant to the next.
A. renews B. envies C. baffles D.varies