______ the rising rent prices in Wuhan can’t compare with those in Beijing and Guangzhou, they still worry current college students．
| A．Even though | B．As though |
| C．In case | D．As long as |
-- What caused the failure of the experiment?
-- _____.
| A．Because of shortage of fund | B．For lack of fund |
| C．Lack of fund | D．Due to lack of fund |
A cracked bell can never sound _____.
| A．good | B．well | C．nice | D．clear |
We might not contact the rescue team. _____, the rescue team itself might get lost.
| A．Still worse | B．bad still | C．Badly still | D．Worse still |
. There is a tradition of having a family dinner at home on lunar New Year’s Eve.
_____, however, the custom has changed.
| A．Late | B．Later | C．Lately | D．Latter |
The farmers were sure that fresh water lay ____ in the earth, so they dug ____ to find
it.
| A．deeply, deeply | B．deep, deeper | C．deeply, deeper | D．deep, more deeply |