The boys are doing no harm; they are ___ playing．
| A．mostly | B．rarely |
| C．nearly | D．merely |
What’s the __________ of having a public open space where you can’t eat, drink or even simply hang out for a while?
| A．sense | B．matter | C．case | D．opinion |
It is worth considering what makes “convenience” foods so popular, and_______ better ones of your own.
| A．introduces | B．to introduce | C．introducing | D．introduced |
Whose possession has the house _________ since the 1500s?
| A．taken | B．been taken | C．been in | D．come into |
The findings of the research, _________ on a lot of experiments, are convincing.
| A．to base | B．based | C．is based | D．basing |
The boy cheated in the English examination so he deserved ________.
| A．being punished | B．to be punished | C．to punish | D．having punished |