X. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

1. It is wrong ________________ him to get so angry over such a little thing.

2. I can’t imagine how those students could study ________________ such poor conditions!

3. Life at present is obviously different ________________ life 100 years ago.

4. It was impossible ________________ him to convince her that he was right.

5. Women nowadays can take care of themselves and don’t have to depend ________________ other people.

6. I’m beginning to like Japanese food. I certainly prefer rice ________________ potatoes.

7. Electricity has changed the mountainous village ________________ the better.

8. What she wrote in the essay explained a lot ________________ her thoughts of our country in the past.

9. Peasants’ houses from this period were made ________________ sticks, straw and mud.

10. In the past, women had little to no freedom ________________ choice.