Let’s take the front seats ________ we may see clearly．

A．in oder

B．so that

C．in oder to

D．because

________ catch the first bus, I got up early this morning．

A．In order to

B．So as to

C．So that

D．As to

Tom kept quiet about the accident ________ make his mother angry．

A．so not as to

B．so as not to

C．so as to not

D．not so as to

My mother always gets a bit ________ if we don’t arrive on time when we say we will．

A．anxious

B．ashamed

C．weak

D．patient

My son is not very strong, and I’m always ________ about his health．

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．eager

D．worry

When Yang ________ from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 a.m., China became the third nation to send a man into space．

A．took down

B．took place

C．took off

D．took out

We saw several natives advancing towards our party, and one of them came up to us, ________ we gave some bells and glasses．

A．to which

B．to whom

C．with whom

D．with which

The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ________ the desert．

A．covering

B．covered

C．cover

D．to cover

I was told that there were about 50 foreign students ________ Chinese in the school, most ________ were from Germany．

A．study; of whom

B．study; of them

C．studying; of them

D．studying; of whom

The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, ________ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds．

A．who

B．that

C．as

D．which