His ears are highly ___ to any unusual sound in the machine, that is how he found the fault.
| A．sense | B．sensitive | C．sensitively | D．insensitive |
At the end of last year, New York’s stock market fell, ________a global financial crisis.
| A．setting off | B．driving off | C．giving off | D．laying off |
The mother used to ________her son’s pockets while he was asleep, looking for letters from his girlfriend.
| A．pick out | B．go through | C．deal with | D．look into |
There’s no point in trying to ________with her because she will never change her mind.
| A．agree | B．compete | C．compare | D．reason |
Nancy asked Smith to take tea with her. He ________, fearing to cause her inconvenience.
| A．ignored | B．declined | C．resisted | D．cancelled |
He refused to sell the old house, for it had too many pleasant ________with his childhood.
| A．associations | B．communications | C．contacts | D．combinations |