You should feel content, because there are lots of people far ______.

    A. badly off    B. well off         C. worse off   D. better off

 Don’t get ______ the fire or you’ll be burned.

      A. close       B. closely     C. close to      D. closely to

 Some new laws ______ the rights of citizens will come into force this year.

A. protected                                       B. having protected

        C. protecting                                   D. to be protected

 Jenny is such a ______ girl that she hardly gets angry with others.

      A. quick-tempered                   B. hot-tempered

       C. good-tempered                    D. ill-tempered

 My brother left home five years ago. I ______ nothing from him up to now.

    A. hear            B. heard           C. have heard       D. had heard

 He regretted ___________ a second-hand car.

  A. buy        B. buying        C. to buy           D. bought

 Please put these teaching materials in order and don’t leave them ______ a mess.

    A. with            B. for                C. on              D. in

__________ the city centre, we saw a stone statue of about 10 metres in height.

  A. Approaching   B. Approached   C. To approach   D. To be approached

 ---I’ll ask the teacher about past tense. I’m very puzzled about it.

   ---That is just __________ most of our classmates have doubt.

   A. where               B. what            C. why             D. how

 Nobody but a few little boys _____ in the garden now.

A. are playing                 B. play                    C. plays                    D. is playing