I’ve never seen _________________ you.
| A．as a clever boy as | B．as clever a boy as |
| C．the same clever boy as | D．a boy the same clever as |
_____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.
| A．In spite of | B．On account of | C．Regardless of | D．In place of |
Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.
| A．ways | B．measures | C．issues | D．patterns |
Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.
| A．confirm | B．confine | C．conform | D．conceive |
Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.
| A．As a result | B．By the way | C．On the whole | D．In a word |
You can’t guess what difficulty I had_____ your home.
| A．find | B．to find | C．finding | D．found |