The house rent is increasing sharply nowadays. I’ve got about half the space I had five years ago but I am paying _______ now.
| A．as five times much | B．as much five times |
| C．much as five times | D．five times as much |
—Which of the two movies do you like?
—. I don’t have a taste for their style and prefer more exciting ones.
| A．Both | B．Neither |
| C．Either | D．None |
We to finish the work before dark, but the heavy rain held us up.
| A．meant | B．was meaning |
| C．had meant | D．would mean |
China’s search engine Baidu has announced the top topics discussed by netizens in 2013, research from its linked website Hao123.com.
| A．kept on | B．passed on |
| C．based on | D．spent on |
On September 22, more than 150 Chinese cities, including Beijing, observed world Car Free Day to low-carbon travel.
| A．promote | B．protect |
| C．imitate | D．contact |
—Wow, winter swimming is so fascinating! Shall we have a try?
—! It is not my piece of cake.
| A．Never mind | B．Good idea |
| C．Neither you nor me | D．Rather you than me |