2011年9月1日起，我国个人所得税免征额上调至3500元，假定其他条件不变，个税免征额上调带来的直接影响是 （ ）
①有利于进一步理顺分配关系，再分配更加注重和体现社会公平
②有利于提高劳动报酬在初次分配中的比重，促进社会和谐
③有利于中低收入阶层可支配收入增加
④使月收入3500元以下居民应缴个人所得税减少
| A．①④ | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
____ their small cottage in the countryside, they also have a big apartment in the city.
| A．Apart from | B．Rather than |
| C．Because of | D．Except for |
—What do you think of the film Frozen?
—Cool! Never before ____ a better one.
| A．had I seen | B．I have seen |
| C．have I seen | D．I had seen |
____ I saw him, I knew he was the man the police were looking for.
| A．Previously | B．Instantly |
| C．Accurately | D．Especially |
Most of the taxi-drivers say what they earn every day actually can hardly ____ the cost of their life.
| A．cover | B．afford | C．include | D．contain |
—Look! What are the Browns busy with?
—Well, Mrs Brown is cutting the grass; ____, her husband is planting the roses.
| A．rather | B．instead | C．thus | D．meanwhile |