With more forests being destroyed , huge quantities of good earth each year .
| A．is washing away | B．is being washed away |
| C．are washing away | D．are being washed away |
Each of the students, hoping to pass the exam, _____the book.
| A．buying | B．having bought | C．should buy | D．to buy |
----Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons,___to go to university.
-----So do I.
| A．hope | B．hopes | C．hoping | D．hoped |
He told me the news_____, believe it or not, he had earned $1 000 in a single day.
| A．that | B．which | C．as | D．because |
He has read the book as many as, if _____ than, five times.
| A．no more | B．not more | C．no much | D．not much |
This church is as old as, if _____ than, that one.
| A．no older | B．not older | C．no old | D．not old |