[填空题]better than any other

[填空题]better than any other

[单项选择]Though （）rich, ha was better off than at any other period in his life.
A. by any means
B. by some means
C. by all means
D. by no means

[单项选择]Passage 1 Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards，that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats．It is said that the Englishman objects to this type of existence，but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world today．In the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions，such as central heating，constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom，as well as such details，important notwithstanding(然而)，as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings，and drying grounds for washing．It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus(对抗)individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time as far as Brit
A. English people，like most people in other countries，dislike living in flats
B. people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats
C. people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flats
D. modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living

[单项选择]　　Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily or mental functioning is a drug. Many people mistakenly believe the term drug refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal chemical taken by drug addicts. They don’t realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. This is why the more neutral term substance is now used by many physicians and psychologists. The phrase" substance abuse" is often used instead of" drug abuse" to make clear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and cocaine. 　　We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves. When do these socially acceptable and apparently constructive uses of a substance become misuses First of all ,most substances taken in excess will produce negative effects such as poison
A. substances can alter our bodily or mental functioning if illegally used
B. "drug abuse" is only related to a limited number of drug takers
C. alcohol and tobacco are as fatal as heroin and cocaine
D. many substances other than heroin or cocaine can also be poisonous

[单项选择]Which country has more people than any other country in the world

[单项选择]Americans use more water than any other people in the world. If we continue to use water at the rate we do now, we will soon not have enough to meet our needs. In 1980, 40 billion gallons were used each day in the United States. In 1990, 700 billion gallons were used. The average Americans uses almost 90 gallons of water a day for personal use. And much move water is needed to make the things American people like to have. For example, it takes thousands of gallons of water to make one pound of beef for the dinner table. It takes more than 100,000 gallons of water to make a car. If we include these uses of water, the average American uses about 2000 gallons of water a day.
The best title for the passage is ______.
A. Water Use in the United States
B. The Problem of Water Use
C. Water Use in the World
D. Water Use in the Twentieth Century

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Americans use more water than any other people in the world. If we continue to use water at the rate we do now, we will soon not have enough to meet our needs. In 1980, 40 billion gallons were used each day in the United States. In 1990, 700 billion gallons were used. The average Americans use almost 90 gallons of water a day for personal use. And much move water is needed to make the things American people like to have. For example, it takes thousands of gallons of water to make one pound of beef for the dinner table. It takes more than 100000 gallons of water to make a car. If we include these uses of water, the average American uses about 2000 gallons of water a day．
Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage7 ( )
A. Americans may run short of water in the future.
B. Americans use more water than ever.
C. Americans use as much water as they used to.
D. The more things Americans like to have, the more water is neede