[单项选择]Changing fashions arc nothing more than the intentional creation of waste.
A. 不断变换的时尚潮流只不过是在刻意地制造浪费。
B. 变化的时尚潮流不仅仅是在有意创造浪费。
C. 变化的时尚潮流更多地是在国际上鼓励浪费。
D. 不断变换的时尚潮流更多地是在有意制造浪费。

[单项选择]I can think of nothing more ______ than arriving at the theater and discovering that I have left the tickets at home.
A. vicious
B. inviting
C. vexatious
D. immoral

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Some say that nothing is more vivid or memorable than a picture. We disagree. No visual image is as vivid as the image created by the mind in response to words. The main function of the poet or the artist, in fact, is to enable people to see more deeply into things than they can with the unaided eye, and this is what good prose or poetry or painting is all about.
It is not true that one picture is worth a thousand words. It takes only a few words if they are the right words-to ignite the imagination and produce picture far more colorful than anything within the range of electronic communication.
Yet the ultimately importance and power of print is represented not by its superior images but by its ability to convey abstract ideas. No matter how intensive or prolonged a person's formal schooling may be, he is only partially educated if he is unable to think abstractly. He knows that the most vital ingredient in the making of decisions is sequential thought; This
A. It can help to produce excellent visual images.
B. It can help to eliminate illiteracy.
C. It can convey abstract ideas quickly and accurately.
D. It can help people communicate with each other.

[单项选择]Television advertisements do more than merely reflect dominant ideologies.
A. exactly
B. faithfully
C. repeatedly
D. simply

[单项选择]The Smithsonian Institution preserves more than sixty-five million items of scientific, historical, or artistic interest, _________ winning the popular title, "attic of the nation".
A. however
B. thus
C. and
D. moreover

[单项选择]Communicating orally involves more than reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be ______ to it.
A. intrinsic
B. coherent
C. appealing
D. submissive

[单项选择]Victoria likes competitions more than anything else.

[单项选择]Communication orally involves more than reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be ______ to it.
A. intrinsic
B. coherent
C. appealing
D. submissive

[单项选择]A) instead of C) more than
B) rather than D) far from


A. instead of
B. rather than
C. more than
D. far from

[单项选择]More than one million Americans participated in the six-year study.

[单项选择]More than three nature reserves have been established in this area _____ hunting is forbidden.
A. that
B. since
C. where
D. if

[单项选择]Accidents and exhaustion may force more than half the cyclists to drop out before reaching the ______.
A. dead line
B. end line
C. finish line
D. finishing line