That night I felt especially lazy and went to bed ____ earlier than usual.
| A．quite | B．rather | C．fairly | D．so |
To see a young couple loving each other is no _________, but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
| A．way | B．doubt | C．wonder | D．sense |
Mo Yan, the first Chinese national to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, is _________ to earn about 200 million yuan this year.
| A．likely | B．possible | C．probable | D．willing |
Chinese painters---Cao Wu and Yuan Wu---will also exhibit their works that feature Chinese elements(元素), ________ those of Northeast China.
| A．in advance | B．in need | C．in general | D．in particular |
Premier Wen Jiabao has strongly advised greater efforts to ease poverty, __________ the environment and adjust(调整) the economic structure in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.
| A．reserve | B．preserve | C．deserve | D．observe |
----So you missed the lecture given by Professor Smith．
-------____．I got there 30 minutes before it finished．
| A．Not exactly | B．Not really | C．Not a little | D．Not at all |