___Chief Engineer , as his family had expected , made his father happy and proud .
| A．Mike being appointed | B．Mike’s appointed |
| C．Mike appointing | D．Mike’s being appointed |
Many scholars share the belief that interest is as _____ to learning as the ability to understand, even more so to some degree.
| A．subtle | B．vital | C．similar | D．obvious |
What’s the _______ of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself?
| A．opinion | B．sense | C．theme | D．pattern |
---Alice, you didn’t come to Tim’s birthday last night.
---I wished I had, but my parents just simply___ not let me out so late at night.
| A．might | B．should | C．would | D．could |
To their deep sorrow, there was nothing left ______ the city except ruins after the violent earthquake, which turned the whole city into a silent world.
| A．in | B．of | C．for | D．with |
I went to her home and found her living conditions were_______ than mine.
| A．bad off | B．badly off | C．worse off | D．bader off |