Lucy is a girl of great musical _________, and I’m sure she will become a well-known musician sooner or later.

There is no      in trying to persuade him to change his mind, for he never follows the advice of others.

If we keep wasting so much energy, ________ are that our oil wells will dry up and the environment will be destroyed.

Although dragon doesn’t exist, we still take it as a _______ of our nation. 

We walked a couple of blocks, looking in _______ for a taxi. How disappointed we were!