Tom was very sick with a bad cough, ______ he could neither eat nor sleep.
A.as a result | B.after all | C.anyway | D.otherwise |
My uncle knows several foreign languages , ______ English , French and Japanese .
A.for example | B.for instance | C.such as | D.that is |
I spoke to him kindly ________ him .
A.not to frighten | B.in order to not frighten |
C.for not frightening | D.so as not to frighten |
Americans eat ____ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A.more than twice as many | B.more than twice | C.as twice as many as | D.twice as many as |
--- What does the model plane look like?
---Well, the length of its wings is _______ of its body.
A.more than twice the length | B.twice more than |
C.more than twice that | D.twice the length |
Don't read ______ books ________ you can not understand.
A. same…as B. the same …like C. such …as D such… like
______, I am not satisfied with your work.
A.Telling the truth | B.To tell the truth | C.Being told the true | D.To have told the truth |
We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style __ in a personal one.
A.rather than | B.better than | C.more than | D.less than |
Don’t worry about her; she will realize what you said is for her good
A.sooner or later | B.sooner and later |
C.soon or late | D.soon and late |
I have no dream _______ to have a happy life.
A.other than | B.rather than | C.more than | D.less than |
—Do you like cats ?
—Of course . They mean a kind of pet to their masters .
A.better than | B.more than | C.no more than | D.not more than |
The River Nile ___ flood large areas, but now the water of it ___ produce electricity.
A.was used to ; is used to | B.used to; used to | C.used to; is used to | D.was used; is using |
We all write ___, even when there’s not much to say.
A.now and then | B.by and by | C.step by step | D.more or less |
Today I have ___ things to do.
A.a great many of | B.a great many | C.a great deal of | D.much |