He stood last but one among the twenty interviewees, ________, he failed the interview.
| A．in other words | B．in this way | C．in general | D．in detail |
He _______ to swim across the Channel, but he failed because of the terrible weather.
| A． succeeded |
| B． managed |
| C．attempted |
| D．won |
My interests include football, bowling and surfing the Web _______ studying my favorite subjects.
| A．less than |
| B．instead of |
| C．as well as |
| D．rather than |
She went to the bookstore and bought _______.
| A．dozen books |
| B．dozens books |
| C．dozen of books |
| D．dozens of books |
An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere around the Mars has been put _______.
| A．out |
| B．forward |
| C．on |
| D．down |
_______, did you see the teacher off?
| A．By the way |
| B．On the way |
| C．In the way |
| D．In a way |