Mary is a nice girl ____ she is careless sometimes.
| A．except for | B．besides | C．except that | D．excepting that |
To their great relief, the lost child went back home, ______, after an absence of two weeks.
| A．felt tired and sound | B．tiring and soundly |
| C．feeling tired but soundly | D．tired but sound |
-----Have our working conditions improved?
---No, ______than before, I’m afraid.
| A．no better | B．a little better | C．not worse | D．no worse |
The task is too much for him, so he can’t continue ______any longer. He must get some help.
| A．singly | B．simply | C．alone | D．lonely |
I haven’t seen______ this since I collected stamps.
| A．as beautiful a stamp as | B．so anbeautiful stamp as |
| C．stamp as beautiful as | D．as anbeautiful stamp a |
I am afraid that his answer is _____ from correct.
| A．far | B．free | C．different | D．short |