__________ the bananas to go bad, he preferred to sell them at half price.
| A．Rather than allowing | B．Rather than to allow |
| C．More than allow | D．Rather than allow |
It is what you do rather than what you say______matters.
| A．that | B．what | C．which | D．this |
—Must I turn off the gas after cooking ? --Of course . You can never be ___ careful with that.
| A．enough | B．too | C．so | D．very |
Few pleasures can equal ______ of a cool drink on a hot day.
| A．some | B．any | C．that | D．those |
Mrs. Brown was much disappointed to see the washing machine she had had____ went wrong again.
| A．it | B．it repaired | C．repaired | D．to be repaired |
“Alice, why didn't you come yesterday?” “I______, but I had an unexpected visitor.”
| A．had | B．would | C．was going to | D．did |