____________ modeling business is by no means easy to get into, the good model will always be in demand.  

A. While                           B. Since                          C. As                            D. If

 As for diet, Michael Jackson chooses vegetables and fruit in ___________to any kind of meat.

A. comparison                B. preference                         C. control                          D. advantage

When people move to another country, they often try _________ the custom of their native land.

A. to keep on                              B. to keep off                         C. to keep up              D. to keep down

-- Could I make it 14th July?

  --_______________________.

A. You can manage it       B. That’s fine with me   C. Not a bit of it       D. Go ahead with it

--What can I do for you?

--I am looking for a birthday gift for my sister, _______at a proper price but fashionable.

A. one                               B. anyone                          C. that                                       D. everything

______________ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

A. So curious the couple were                        B. So curious were the couple   

C. How curious the couple were                            D. The couple were such curious

Peter and Bob both did well, but Peter is ________________of the two.

A. the more talented            B. more talented               C. the most talented      D. most talented 

There was never any time for Kate to feel lonely, ________she was an only child.

A. ever since         B. now that            C. even though              D. even as

 As it turned out to be a small house party, we __________ so formally.

A. needn’t dress up                    B. shouldn’t dress up

 C. were not necessary to dress up         D. needn’t have dressed up

The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs ______ they are being trained.

A. in that                                B. for that                           C. in which           D. for which