Sue is always finishing her task well within the shortest time. ______, she performs effectively.
| A．In other words | B．On the contrary |
| C．Sooner or later | D．On the other hand |
Though Alice is busy, music has always been ________her work.
| A．as much a part of her life as |
| B．as a part of her life much as |
| C．as much as a part of her life |
| D．so much as a part of her life |
Please fetch the bunch of purple flowers and put it here, for purple flowers look more beautiful _____ a light yellow wall.
| A．at | B．in | C．under | D．against |
Prime Minister David Cameron said,“…independence will not be a ______separation but a painful divorce". When the outcome is still up in the air, he made an emotional speech to ______Scottish voters to stay together.
| A．trial; call on | B．attempted; call for |
| C．temporary; call at | D．experimental; call off |
--Oh, my God! Daring, what’s wrong with your face?
--Forget it! I am allergic to the cream recommended by my colleague, Ms. Fan, a very well preserved woman.
--Oh, no! I have to say ‘’.
| A．A burden of one’s choice is not felt. |
| B．One man’s meat is another man’s poison. |
| C．Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. |
| D．Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. |
Not until ________a third time ________that he had given birth to the reading system for the blind called Braille.
| A．Louis Braille tried; he announced |
| B．did Louis Braille try; he announced |
| C．Louis Braille had tried; did he announce |
| D．had Louis Braille tried; had he announced |