Can you turn off the music? It isn’t ________.

  A. green with envy      B. my cup of tea    C. tasty              D. desperate

The article opens and closes with two jokes, each _____ the readers laugh.

  A. makes                 B. made               C. making            D. is to make

 I’m sorry, it’s _____ my power to make a final decision on the project.

  A. beyond              B. over               C. above             D. off

When she was most in need of others’ care and comfort, her husband, to whom she was so ____, went away from her.

  A. contributed        B. begged           C. adjusted         D. devoted

 Don’t destroy your ____ by eating between meals.

  A. appetite              B. desire             C. concern            D. approach

Feeling very ____, he felt ______ he should take some actions.

  A. angry; strong        B. angrily; strong           C. angry; strongly          D. angrily; strongly

There is no denying that as one grows older, one’s memory ______.

  A. lessens               B. slips               C. declines          D. decreases

 --- When did _____ accident happen?

 --- Let me see. It was on ______ very hot afternoon in August.

  A. the; the              B. an; /               C. the; a              D. an; the

_______ is known that Tom wants to visit _____ they call “the paradise” some day if he can afford it.

  A. As; that              B. It; what           C. It; where         D. As; which

 How long is it _______ we last spent the holiday in the country together?

  A. since                  B. before            C. until              D. as