—Does Jim do his new job well？
—______ his old job. How stupid！I fear there’s no hope for him.
| A．No better than | B．Not better than | C．No so well as | D．No as well as |
_____ to hospital in time, the patient infected with flu was saved at last.
| A．Taking | B．Having taken |
| C．To be taken | D．Having been taken |
Some people would rather ride bicycles as bicycle riding has _____ of the trouble of taking buses.
| A．neither | B．nothing | C．some | D．none |
The reason being late for the meeting was his little son fell ill this morning.
| A．for, that | B．why, that | C．for, because | D．why, because |
Only when he returned______ the truth.
| A．he found out | B．did he find out | C．he finds out | D．does he find out |
Without my glasses, I couldn’t _____ whether that figure on the blackboard was a three or an eight.
| A．make out | B．make up | C．make for | D．make off |