People in far northern countries_________form small houses out of blocks of ice.

A. hardly             B. seldom

C. sometimes          D. never

I can hardly remember any occasions ____ I get caught in a traffic jam in our town．

We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining ＿＿＿.

A. badly     B. hardly     C. strongly     D. heavily

 The medicine won’t cure the disease—it_________stops the pain.

A. nearly          B. hardly

C. merely          D. surely

Hardly had she heard the news that her husband died in a car accident when she           crying.