. — I didn’t do well in the last English contest. How about you?
— ____.
| A．I’ll do better next time | B．I like English, though |
| C．A lot better | D．Even worse |
In such a cold day, people prefer to stay at home _______ go out.
| A．other than | B．less than |
| C．more than | D．rather than |
It is amazing that an old lady of more than eighty ________ to live without food and water for nearly two weeks after a terrible earthquake and she was saved in the end.
| A．kept | B．tried | C．managed | D．succeeded |
---________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.
--- I can’t agree more.
| A．That | B．Which | C．What | D．As |
Her mother would not permit her back late.
| A．to come | B．come | C．coming | D．Came |
His parents died when he was five, so he was by his uncle.
| A．brought on | B．brought down |
| C．brought up | D．brought in |