Believe it or not ,our house isn’t ______ their new house bought last month.
| A．half as large as | B．as half large as |
| C．as large as half | D．large as half as |
What little money he did have ________ on a record selected with extreme care which became, to his way of thinking, a possession close to his heart.
| A．spent | B．been spent |
| C．was spent | D．to spend |
Most of the visitors were happy just sitting around in the shade, _________ it had been a long, dusty journey on the train.
| A．for | B．so | C．but | D．Or |
— Doesn’t he lose heart even if the experiment hasn’t been working out?
— ________. Nothing defeats him.
| A．It depends | B．You bet |
| C．By no means | D．Not a little |
Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 seemed to have been _______to only a mystery after so long and hopeless a search.
| A．reduced | B．formed |
| C．trapped | D．absorbed |
I don’t want to go shopping. ________, it’s raining heavily outside.
| A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Somehow | D．Otherwise |