It took ________ building supplies to contruct these energy－house．It took brains, too．

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

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

A．had decreased

B．decreased

C．has been decreasing

D．is decreasing

The medicine word more effectively ________ you some hot water after taking it．

A．as

B．until

C．although

D．if

There is a great deal of evidence ________ that music activities enegage different parts of the brain．

A．indicate

B．indicating

C．to indicate

D．to be indicating

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

A．access

B．passage

C．way

D．approach

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

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．Otherwise

－I’ve read and 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

________ and short of breath, Andy and Ruby were the first to reach the top of Mount Tai．

A．To be tried

B．Tired

C．Tiring

D．Being tired

I don't understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got ________ rough idea of ________ Project plan．

A．the; a

不填；the

C．the；不填

D．a; the

－Hey, you haven’t been acting like yourself．Everything OK?

－________．

A．I’m fin, thanks

B．Sure, it is

C．That’s good

D．It’s OK