_______Tom is very good at science, his brother is absolutely hopeless.
| A．When | B．While | C．As | D．If |
―Our company will organize a trip to Hongkong next month. I ______ my mother there.
―I’d rather you ____. After all she has just recovered from her illness and she still feels weak.
| A．will take; won’t | B．am taking; don’t |
| C．will take; didn’t | D．am taking; didn’t |
― How did you find your Spring Festival holiday?
―______ the bad weather, I had fun meeting friends and relatives.
| A．As to | B．But for | C．In spite of | D．Regardless of |
―Do you still live in the countryside?
―Yes. I don’t want to leave the house,______ it is very shabby.
| A．though | B．because | C．once | D．As |
Is this the reason ______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?
| A．What he explained | B．how he explained |
| C．he explained | D．why he explained |
As a rough estimate, Nigeria is _______ Great Britain.
| A．three times the sizes as | B．the size three times of |
| C．three times as the size of | D．three times the size of |