IX. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.

1.   It now seems certain                  .

      a. to be an election in May                         b. of an election in May

      c.that there will be an election in May     d. for an election in May

2.   Jacqui was pleasantly surprised                      .

      a. to get a B for history                                b. if she gets a B for history

      c.for getting a B for history                        d. getting a B for history

3.   It can be difficult                        to talk to teenagers nowadays.

      a. with parents          b. for parents             c.to parents                d. of parents

4.   It’s careless                     to let your children play with fire.

      a. to you                     b.with you                 c.of you                      d. for you

5.   My dad was glad                        his best friend again after 20 years.

      a. meet                        b.meeting                   c.of meeting              d. to meet

6.   She was fully aware                   .        

      a. that he did not like her                            b. of he did not like her

      c.for his dislike her.                                     d. him not to like her

7.                     to think of doing it like that.

      a. You were clever                                       b. It’s clever for you

      c.It was clever of you                                  d. It’s clever that you

8.   She was                the news of his death. He was so young!

      a. shocked to hear    b. pleased tohear      c. relieved to hear    d. annoyed to hear

9.   Susan was sorry              .

      a. to lose her temper      b. that losing her temper

      c. for lose her temper     d. that she’d lost her temper