It is the test system, _____ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.
| A．other than | B．or rather | C．rather than | D．more than |
--- What about the price of these washing machines?
--- They are equal in price to, if not cheaper than, ____ at the other shops in the street.
| A．others | B． it | C． that | D． the ones |
One of my classmates accidentally ____ he had cheated in the last examination, or he wouldn’t have got so high a mark.
| A．pointed out | B．let out | C．took out | D．tried out |
--- I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.
-- I’m sorry, but by then my performance ____ and I ____ reporters in the meeting room.
| A．will have ended; will be meeting |
| B．will end; will meet |
| C．will be ended; am going to meet |
| D．is to end; will meet |
--- ____ busy schoolwork, the children also have to take arts, music and
sports classes in their free time.
--- I wonder what they will become.
| A．Rather than | B．Expect for | C．Apart from | D．Owing to |
When young, work with every fiber of your being and when old, you’ll have little left _____ about.
| A．to complain | B．complaining |
| C．having complained | D．to have complained |