The buildings of the small cities are ________ the big cities.

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A．as good or better than

B．as good or better as

C．as good as or better than those of

D．as good as these of

At the foot of the hill ________, which was built more than 500 years ago.

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A．a temple stands

B．does stand a temple

C．stands a temple

D．is there a temple

Not only ________ interested in football but ________ beginning to show an interest in it.

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A．the teacher himself is; all the students are

B．the teacher himself is; are all the students

C．is the teacher himself; are all his students

D．is the teacher himself; all his students are

Please check the shopping list ________ make sure everything needed ________.

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A．so as to; buying

B．in order to; buy

C．so as to; has been bought

D．in order to; will be bought

The building project ________ next year is, I think not easy ________ in time.

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A．being carried out; to complete

B．carried out; to be completed

C．to be carried out; to complete

D．to be carried out, to be completed

We had rung up several offices ________ we found all the seats________.

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With an online course Lynn has over 300000 students all over China ________ her classes through the Internet.

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The education of ________ young is always ________ hot and serious topic in the modern society.

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________ he met with the difficulty, did he realise the importance of our help.

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Choose the best answer which can complete the sentence.

Their personal life was discussed by people who did not know them but talked ________ they were friends.

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