Neither side is prepared to talk to ________ unless we can smooth things over between them.
A. others B. the other C. another D. one other
Accustomed to _______ the steep mountains, she had no difficulty reaching top.
A. climbing B. climb C. having climbed D. have climbed
Her father _________ in the USA for another year so that she could work toward her master's degree.
A.agreed her to say B. permitted her stay
C. let her staying D. approved of her staying
After the fashion show, she was always ________ the beautiful clothes.
A.obsess with B. obsessed with C. obsess to D. obsessed by
It was Tom as well as his friends that ________ for the serious accident.
A.was to be blamed B. were to blame C. was blaming D. was to blame
In the _______ of proof, the police could not take action against the man.
A.lack B. shortage C. absence D. failure