The farmers were sure that fresh water lay ________ in the earth, so they dug ________ to find it．

A．deeply, deeply

B．deep, deeper

C．deeply, deeper

D．deep, more deeply

There is a tradition of having a family dinner at home on lunar New Year’s Eve．________, however, the custom has changed．

A．Late

B．Later

C．Lately

D．Latter

We might not contact the rescue team．________, the rescue team itself might get lost．

A．Still worse

B．bad still

C．Badly still

D．Worse still

A cracked bell can never sound ________．

A．good

B．well

C．nice

D．clear

－What caused the failure of the experiment?

－________．

A．Because of shortage of fund

B．For lack of fund

C．Lack of fund

D．Due to lack of fund

The dog didn’t seem to smell ________, for it didn’t even smell the meat, which appeared so ________．

A．well, sweetly

B．good, sweet

C．well, sweet

D．good, sweetly

What a ________ boy!I don’t know what to do with him．

A．tiresome

B．tired

C．tire

D．tiredly

Mother wrapped the baby, who was ________, in a blanket gently．

A．fast sleep

B．sleeping fast

C．fast asleep

D．slept fast

A series of meetings ________ about the best way to market the new product

A．are held

B．were held

C．was held

D．have been held

Every boy and every girl ________ to attend the evening party．

A．wish

B．wishes

C．hope

D．wishing