Paul is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; _____, I can’t speak too highly of him.
| A．as a result | B．in a word | C．by the way | D．on the contrary |
When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
| A．average | B．ordinary | C．regular | D．normal |
Don’t be _______ by products promising to make you lose your weight quickly.
| A．taken off | B．taken out | C．taken away | D．taken in |
What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.
| A．exceptional | B．strange | C．unique | D．rare |
—Didn’t you have a good time at the party?
—Of course I did. As a matter of fact, I had such fun that time seemed to ___ so quickly.
| A．go by | B．go away | C．go out | D．go over |
In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.
| A．densely | B．soundly | C．loudly | D．noisily |