[单项选择]Rather than being openly confrontational with his parents, he just quietly refused to ______ with their demands.


A. comply
B. commend
C. compile
D. contend

[单项选择]His ______ personality, rather than his good looks, made him popular with others.
A. enlisting
B. enduring
C. engaging
D. enhancing

[单项选择]William's Chinese is ______ than his brother Edward's.


A. not good
B. not well
C. none better
D. no better

[单项选择]Our surroundings are being polluted faster than ever and it seems that people cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials. 　　What can explain and settle this problem The fact is that pollution is caused by man—by his desire(欲望) for a modern way of life. We make "increasing industrialization"(工业化) our first aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the country-side into the cities, eager for the achievements of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem. 　　Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourslves where we are going—and why It makes one think of the story about the pilot (飞行员) who told his passengers over the loudspeaker : "I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we ’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we are lost and don’t know where we’re going." The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when speaking of our modern society.Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because_______.
A. the population of the world is increasing faster
B. people use too many man-made materials
C. we have more industry
D. we are producing more cars,trucks and buses

[填空题]His teacher finds now his English is better than before.
His teacher finds that ______.

[单项选择]Billy ______ his mother, and smoked openly in the house.


A. defaulted
B. deduced
C. defied
D. depicted

[单项选择]Paul is taller than（　） in his class.
A. all the students
B. any students
C. any other student
D. any one student

[单项选择]On hearing of his being elected our monitor, we couldn't help cheering.（）
A. 听到他被选为我们的班长，我们禁不住欢呼起来。
B. 当听到他被选为我们的班长时，我们不能高兴起来。
C. 听说他被我们班长选中了，我们禁不住欢呼起来。
D. 听到他被选为我们的班长，我们都很不高兴。

[单项选择]The moon, being much nearer to the Earth than the Sun, is the ______ cause of the tides．
A. principal
B. basic
C. initial
D. elementary

[单项选择]His composition is better than （） in the class.
A. anyone
B. anyone’s
C. anyone else
D. anyone else’s

[单项选择]His work was（）than that of any other man in the school.
A. by far better
B. better by far
C. by far the best
D. the best by far

[单项选择]The cost of my house is higher than （　） of his.
A. any
B. cost
C. that
D. it

[单项选择]He spends his time in（）complaints rather than acting
A. fragile
B. fertile
C. frangible
D. futile

[单项选择]His excuse ______ being late was not accepted.


A. for
B. about
C. over
D. to

[单项选择]His words were ______ more than I can bear(忍受).


A. almost
B. nearly
C. most
D. most all

[单项选择]His statement is being seen as __________ criticism of the work of research laboratories.


A. misleading
B. irrespective
C. permissible
D. implicit

[单项选择]He would rather die with his head high than ______ with his knees bent.


A. to live
B. living
C. live
D. lived