The price of vegetables is＿＿＿＿＿than before．
| A．much cheaper | B．even higher | C．still dearer | D．a lot more expensive |
The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.
| A．area | B．range | C．rate | D．scale |
It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
| A．noticed | B．stated | C．suggested | D．noted |
What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.
| A．exceptional | B．strange | C．unique | D．rare |
No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.
| A．respectful | B．respectable | C．respective | D．respected |
Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.
| A．efforts | B．pains | C．attempts | D．try |