________ the past，our life is much better.

A．Comparing with B．Be compared

C．To compare with D．Compared with

________ for several weeks，the city needed food.

A．As having flooded B．Being flooded

C．Having been flooded D．To flood

I went to see him，________ him out.

A．finding B．find

C．only to find D．to finding

(2013·辽宁，29)To her joy，Della earned first the trust of her students and then ________ of her colleagues.

A．that B．one C．ones D．those

(2013·江西，23)________ can be good at something for 40 years if he doesn't love it.

A．Anybody B．Everybody

C．Nobody D．Somebody

(2013·山东，21)I've lived in New York and Chicago，but don't like ________ of them very much.

A．either B．any C．each D．another

(2013·陕西，22)Although Rosemary had suffered from a serious illness for years，she lost ________ of her enthusiasm for life.

A．some B．neither C．none D．all

(2013·天津，12)At our factory there are a few machines similar to ________ described in this magazine.

A．them B．these C．those D．ones

(2013·四川，2)The traffic on the main street has a longer green signal than ________ on the small ones.

A．one B．this C．that D．it

(2013·新课标Ⅱ，14)It's an either—or situation—we can buy a new car this year or we can go on holiday but we can't do ________.

A．others B．either C．another D．both