[单项选择]I think it's the driver rather than the passengers who ______ for the accident.
A. is to blame
B. are to blame
C. are to be blamed
D. should blame

[单项选择]She'd rather read than ______ television; she doesn't like the programs at all.
A. watching
B. to watch
C. watch
D. watches

[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]Another advantage in building down rather than up is that ______.

[单项选择]They prefer to postpone the meeting rather than hold it without the presence of the general manager.


A. 没有收到总经理的礼物，他们宁愿推迟这次见面。
B. 没有收到总经理的礼物，他们宁愿推迟见面。
C. 总经理没有来，他们宁愿推迟这个会议。
D. 总经理没有来，他们更愿意推迟这个会议。

[单项选择]If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to ______.


A. do things personally
B. stay alone
C. keep things secret
D. trust others easily

[单项选择]The teacher, rather than the students, is responsible for this matter.
A. 这位老师和学生们与这件事情都有关系。
B. 应该为这件事情负责任的是这位老师，而不是学生们。
C. 这位老师和学生们应共同承担这件事情的责任。
D. 与学生们相比，老师们与这件事的关系更大。

[单项选择]I'd rather（　）than stay.
A. have gone
B. to go
C. went
D. go

[单项选择]Successful leaders ______ events rather than react to them.
A. conquer
B. dominate
C. determine
D. contest

[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]

More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to $ 50. It will not be Up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. R
A. make the front seat passengers wear a seat belt
B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt
C. stop children riding in the front seat
D. wear a seat belt each time he drives

[单项选择]Rather than ______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ______ a bicycle.

[单项选择]It is what you do rather than what you say ______matters.
A. what
B. when
C. that
D. how

[单项选择]Rather than ______ on a crowed bus, I prefer ______ to work every day.
A. to ride, to walk
B. riding, walking
C. ride, to walk
D. to ride, walking

[单选题] In contrast with passengers, who utilize far more space than is economic for their weight, freight containers require little more space than their own ( ) .
A. Weight
B. Volume
C. Size
D. Height

[单项选择]She would rather stay at home than______with John.


A. go
B. went
C. going
D. to go