(     ) 1. The ____ man told us his past days before he ____. His _____ made us very sad.

A. dying, died, death  B. dead, dying, die  C. dead, died, dying   D. dead, dying, death

(    ) 2.The pair of old shoes _____ under the bed so I decided to_____them _____ in the cupboard.

        A. was; take ,down  B. were; take, away   C. were; put, down   D. was; put, away

(     ) 3. The wind blows                   .

A. hard and hard                       B. harder and harder

C. more and more hardly                 D. more hardly and more hardly

(     ) 4. He is ________ excited to hear the good news.

         A. far too           B. too far              C. too more          D. more too

(     ) 5. He hardly spent any time on his subjects,_________?

____________ , so he does badly in his lessons .

        A didn’t he ; Yes    B did he ; Yes        C didn’t he ; No     D did he ; No