My old father began to study computer science at the age of sixty in order that he might ________ times. 

— _________

— The shoes don’t fit properly. They are hurting my feet.

The door opened and a big-eyed girl came in, carrying a cake with two _______ candles on it. 

As his friends, we have made up our minds to do everything we can ___him get out of trouble.   

— Oh, Mary! I ________ you.

— No surprising. The first time you met me, I was only a little girl.  

David’s effort was ______, because he won the first prize in the English speech contest, which made his classmates surprised.                                          

I’m leaving for Hainan on holiday this afternoon. At this time tomorrow, I _____ on the beach.   

— Do you want to come with us?   

— No, thank you. I’d rather ____.           

— The man is always behaving rudely.  

— That I guess is ________ people avoid him.

How ________ they learn anything when they spend all their spare time watching television?