－I’ve read another book this week.

－Well, maybe _____ is not how much you read but what you read that counts.

A.  this            B. that             C. there                D. it

The incomes of skilled workers went up. ______, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A. Moreover     B. Therefore            C. Meanwhile            D. Otherwise

The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ______ to the digital resources of the library.

A. access           B. passage          C. way              D. approach

There is a great deal of evidence _______ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

A. indicate         B. indicating       C. to indicate  D. to be indicating

The medicine works more effectively ______ you drink some hot water after taking it.

A. as               B. until                C. although         D. if

Over the past decades, sea ice _____ in the Arctic as a result of global warming.

A. had decreased    B. more than            C. attach               D. apply

It took ______ building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.

A. other than       B. more than            C. rather than      D. less than

The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A. adapt            B. appeal               C. attach               D. apply

－Is there any possibility ______ you could pick me up at the airport?

－No problem.

A.  When            B. that             C. whether      D. what

The doctor recommended that you          swim after eating a large meal.

A  wouldn't    B couldn't     C needn't     D shouldn't