---How is everything going on with you in Italy?
---Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, _________.
| A．though | B．instead | C．either | D．too |
Our neighbor has ______ ours.
| A．as a big house as | B．as big a house as |
| C．the same big house as | D．the house the same big as |
Finally, the thief handed everything_______ he had stolen to the police .
| A．which | B．what | C．whatever | D．that |
______ his return from Europe , he set to work on the project..
| A．As | B．At | C．Upon | D．For |
-- Do you need a hand, Tom?
----Yes. The job is ______ I could do myself.
| A．less than | B．more than | C．no more than | D．not more than |
Life is full of _______.School is thought as the most _______ obstacle(障碍) in the lives of youth today.
| A．challenge; challenging | B．challenges; challenged |
| C．challenges; challenging | D．challenging; challenges |