. The trouble is _____ we are short of hands.
| A．what | B．that | C．how | D．why |
Staying in a hotel in Shanghai one day costs ____ renting a house in my hometown for a week.
| A．the three times price of | B．three times the price of |
| C．as much as three times | D．as much three times as |
Ted and his friends established a website offering useful information about thunderstorms ______ similar accidents happening.
| A．prevent | B．preventing | C．to prevent | D．prevented |
I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always you a careful driver.
| A．think; are | B．am thinking | C．thought; were | D．think; were |
______, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job. Good wages. No experience necessary.”
| A．Looking through the newspaper | B．While I was looking through the newspaper |
| C．To look through the newspaper | D．I was looking through the newspaper |
______ it is true that a student’s most important goal is to do well in his or her studies, it doesn’t need to be the only goal.
| A．When | B．As | C．While | D．Before |