__________ entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his report.
| A．He hardly had | B．Had he hardly |
| C．Hardly had he | D．Hardly he had |
The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.
| A．command | B．conviction | C．consent | D．compromise |
In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.
| A．admitted | B．acknowledged | C．absorbed | D．considered |
. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
| A．gloomy | B．dull | C．awkward | D．tedious |
. The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
| A．alternate | B．alternative | C．absolute | D．appreciable |
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
| A．loosing | B．missing | C．losing | D．looking for |