How can you expect to get ahead in your life _______you even live to yourself from time to time?
| A．though | B．until |
| C．before | D．when |
They have considered their high standard of living a(n) ______ for practicing their basic beliefs.
| A．award | B．reward | C．result | D．consequence |
The background music in an assembly line is designed ______.
| A．being not listened to | B．not being listened to |
| C．to be not listened to | D．not to be listened to |
Information and opinion gap exercises have to have some content ______ talking about.
| A．worth while | B．worthily | C．worth | D．worthy |
We know our friends by their defects ______ by their merits.
| A．than | B．in the place of | C．rather than | D．instead of |
Those bad conditions have given ______ to a lot of crime in the area.
| A．reason | B．suspicion | C．rise | D．impulse |