This album is _____ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.
| A．unusual | B．unique | C．rare | D．special |
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
| A．deliberately | B．intensively |
| C．decisively | D．objectively |
People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
| A．sum | B．quantity | C．deal | D．amount |
He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
| A．gone to | B．taken to | C．taken up | D．gone for |
We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
| A．run over | B．smooth over | C．pass off | D．turn down |
Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
| A．hamper | B．support | C．assist | D．encourage |