_____box cannot be lifted by a boy of five.
| A.So a heavy | B.So heavy a | C.A such heavy | D.Such heavy a | 
—What made her so sad at that time? She kept crying all the time.
 — __________ to the ball.
| A.Without being invited | 
| B.Not be invited | 
| C.Be not invited | 
| D.Not having been invited | 
We are ready to start at short __________.
| A.information | B.advice | 
| C.message | D.notice | 
I invited her over to my house and showed her the ring, but __________ she left, I noticed the ring missing.
| A.the moment | 
| B.the moment when | 
| C.when the moment | 
| D.at the moment when | 
Some areas, __________ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
| A.due to | B.with regard to | 
| C.but for | D.in spite of | 
They hand down the __________ from generation to generation to keep their life alive.
| A.custom | B.method | 
| C.habit | D.form |