My interests include football, bowling and surfing the web_____ studying my favorite subjects.
| A．as well as | B．instead of | C．less than | D．rather than |
The birth rate in a city___to fall as its Cross Domestic Product(GDP)rises steadily
| A．estimates |
| B．has |
| C．assumes |
| D．tends |
—Do you mind if I open the window?
—____I feel a bit cold
| A．Of course not |
| B．I’d rather you didn’t |
| C．Go ahead |
| D．Why not? |
When people want to relax themselves,they prefer___TV or listen to music rather than___newspaper
| A．watching;read |
| B．watching;to read |
| C．to watch;read |
| D．to watch;reading |
Were it not for the snowy weather,we___all right
| A．would be |
| B．would have been |
| C．were |
| D．may be |
Thank you for giving me a hand.I___in the experiment without your valuable help
| A．have failed |
| B．will fail |
| C．would have failed |
| D．must have failed |