People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.
| A．appropriate | B．conscious | C．arbitrary | D．controversial |
We finally decided to drive all the way home instead of ______ at a hotel for the night in the small town.
| A．staying up | B．adding up |
| C．putting up | D．packing up |
If you are stubborn and insist on carrying out your plan, you’ll ______ your bright future sooner or later．
| A．ruin | B．survive | C．ignore | D．forecast |
Some parents are so overprotective that they try to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
| A．frighten | B．rescue | C．block | D．shelter |
Despite their ______ different backgrounds, immigrants in this community have no difficulty getting along well.
| A．entirely | B．violently |
| C．sincerely | D．fluently |
Drunk driving, which was once a ______ occurrence, is now under control with the new traffic rules reinforced.
| A．legal | B．mean | C．stubborn | D．frequent |