After a new reform, the number of the products in the factory is now ________ it was in 2003.
| A．three times as larger as | B．more than three times |
| C．twice as large as | D．as twice large as |
The increasing high housing price has become a serious problem among us young people, _______ the government hasn’t yet found a better solution to.
| A．the one | B．that | C．one | D．it |
—How much did you spend on the new mobile phone?
—I _____ it would cost me 500 dollars, but I was so lucky to get it at a 15 percent discount.
| A．expected | B．would expect |
| C．had expected | D．have expected |
— I went to the live concert yesterday and didn’t know what happened in the school.
— ____________ .
| A．So did I | B．Nor did I |
| C．So it was with me | D．So I was |
He failed in the driving test again. He_____________.
| A．must have disappointed | B．must have been disappointed |
| C．might be disappointed | D．couldn’t be disappointed |
According to a report, each year almost half of the professional athletes retiring from competition ________ jobless or without a further schooling plan.
| A．go up | B．end up |
| C．stay up | D．come up |