[单项选择]They usually have less money at the end of the month than ________ at the beginning.
A. which
B. which was
C. they have
D. it is

[单项选择]They usually have less money at the end of the month than ______ at the beginning.
A. which
B. which was
C. they have
D. it is

[单项选择]They usually have less money at the end of the project than ______ at the beginning.
A. which
B. which was
C. they have
D. it is

[单项选择]Why do the schools in Finland have less state spending


A. Because the number of students is declining.
B. Because the number of old people is increasing.
C. Because the economy is far from good.
D. Because more money is spent on Internet usage and environmental practices.

[单项选择]When you _________ I am sure you will have less pain.
A. are waking up
B. wake up
C. have been waking up
D. have waken up

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Passage Two
Parents have to do much less for their children than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can be done at the laundry; food can be bought cooked, canned; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meal can be had at the restaurant, the work’s canteen, and the school dining room.
It’s unusual now for father to persue(追求)his trade of other employment at home, and his children rarely, if ever, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father’s business, and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon gains a feeling of economic independence (经济上的独立). In textile areas it has been customary for mothers to go out to work, but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now not an unusual
A. Father does much less for his children today than he used to
B. The number of married women in employment has increased now
C. There are many choices of employment for mothers and Children
D. With their earning, mother and children do not need to depend on father for their life

[单项选择]Parents have to do much less housework for their children today than they used to do.
A. 现今，做父母的让其子女们操持家务的比以往少得多了。
B. 现今，做父母的为其子女们操持家务比以往少得多了。
C. 现今，父母做的家务事比子女们少得多了。
D. 现今，父母做的家务事比子女们多得多了。

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翻译题：Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has be- come much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made. Washing can go to the laundry; food can be bought cooked, canned or preserved.

[单项选择]TV may make people less happy with what they have, for they see a world that ________wealth.
A. criticizes
B. exaggerates
C. analyses
D. describes

[单项选择]During the week, I have classes ______ day, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
A. each other
B. every other
C. this and the other
D. all other

[单项选择]The couple less ______ to each other tend to end up in divorce.
A. committed
B. linked
C. connected
D. contributed

[单项选择]We have many holidays from the end of March till the beginning of April. They are the best days for ______.
A. blade
B. coincidence
C. balcony
D. entertainment

[单项选择]The book might well have ______ had it been less expensive.
A. worked out
B. gone through
C. caught on
D. fitted in