My son prefers us to email each other once a week __________ spend half an hour on the phone every night.
| A．other than | B．rather than |
| C．otherwise | D．instead of |
. I don’t smoke now, but I ____for almost ten years.
| A．ever smoked | B．have ever smoked |
| C．had ever smoked | D．was ever smoking |
The dying man is _____ the help of the doctor.
| A．outside | B．without | C．out of | D．beyond |
. To read a novel before going to bed seems to me a rule____________
| A．to never break | B．never to have broken |
| C．never to be breaking | D．never to be broken |
---Tom is____________experienced in driving than Jack.
--- ____________,neither passed the test.
| A．not more; No | B．no more; No | C．not more; Yes | D．no more; Yes |
— Whenever you are short of money, just come to me.
—_____________
| A．Do you really mean it? | B．I can’t believe it. |
| C．That’s something. | D．What’s up? |