— How are the things in your village?
— Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ________ now than before.
| A．well off |
B．better off |
C．badly off |
D．worse off |
He said that he was young ______ he couldn’t carry the heavy box.
| A．and | B．that | C．and that | D．in order that |
The English language____ the rules and____ each group of people brought to Britain with them.
| A．consists of; vocabulary | B．consists in; vocabulary |
| C．consists of; vocabularies | D．consists in; vocabularies |
As we have known from the map of the world, this is ______.
| A．twice as large an island as that | B．twice as larger as that island |
| C．as twice as that one | D．twice as a large island as that |
He minds so much about his position in the office that he ____ any chance to be promoted.
| A．watches out for | B．looks up | C．points out | D．watches out |
When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had ____ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it.
| A．hit | B．fought | C．won | D．defeated |