Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ______ of the quality of their products.
| A．expense | B．exposure |
| C．expansion | D．expectation |
-- You haven't lost the ticket, have you?
-- _________. I know it's not easy to get another one at the moment.
| A．I hope not | B．Yes, I have | C．I hope so | D．Yes, I’m afraid so |
Tom owns _______larger collection of _______ books than any other student in our class.
| A．the; 不填 | B．a; 不填 | C．a; the | D．不填; the |
More patients ___________ in hospital this year than last year.
| A．treated | B．have treated | C．had been treated | D．have been treated |
The man insisted________ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.
| A．find | B．to find | C．on finding | D．in finding |
He got to the station early,____________ missing his train.
| A．in case of | B．instead of | C．for fear of | D．in search of |