________its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lies in its strength, its resistance to fire, and its potential to span long distances.
| A．Other than | B．Apart from | C．Except for | D．Rather than |
The foreigner does speak Chinese well, but of course not _____ we Chinese.
| A．as fluent as | B．more fluent than | C．so fluently as | D．much fluently than |
The reason _____ he refused to attend the meeting was that they didn’t give him an invitation earlier.
| A．how | B．which | C．why | D．because |
—Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight.
—_____.
| A．It’s my duty | B．It’s all right | C．It’s my pleasure | D．With pleasure |
It was in the street_________ I met Mary yesterday .
| A．that | B．when | C．where | D．what |
Do you have any difficulty ________?
| A．on listening | B．to listening | C．for listening | D．in listening |