16. It’s generally believed that children growing up in _______ large family are more likely to develop the ability to get on well with_______ others.  

A. / ; the                 B. a; /                 C. the; the                    D. a; the

17. --- Lily seems very sad about what you told her just now.

--- I’m really sorry for that, but I _______ to hurt her.

A. don’t mean       B. won’t mean   C. didn’t mean           D. hadn’t meant

18. Two years after her parents died, the poor girl had adapted_______ living by herself.

A. to B. with          C. at        D. for