Mother was worried because little Alice was ill, especially ________ Father was away in France.

A. as

B. that

C. during

D. of

Many people were against Darwin's theories because they didn't wish to believe that men were ________ related to animals.

A. fairly

B. specially

C. directly

D. indirectly

John shut everybody out of the kitchen ________ he could prepare his grand surprise for the party.

A. which

B. when

C. so that

D. as if

—Do you think I should get a good guidebook?

—Yes, of course. ________ , you also need a good camera and comfortable shoes.

A. What's more

B. In other words

C. By the way

D. All in all

—Would you like to come to dinner tonight?

—I'd like to, ________ I'm too busy.

A. and

B. so

C. as

D. but

Does John know any other foreign language ________ English?

A. except

B. but

C. besides

D. beside

It happened to be very cold ________ the morning of our sports meeting.

A. at

B. of

C. on

D. with

—Our holiday cost a lot of money.

—Did it? Well, that doesn't matter ________ you enjoyed yourselves.

A. as far as

B. in case

C. as far as

D. as long as

The word “write” had the same pronunciation ________ the word “right”.

A. of

B. as

C. to

D. from

How are you getting along ________ your students?

A. over

B. with

C. on

D. within