When______different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences               without noticing many similarities.

   A. compared     B. being compared  C. comparing    D. having compared

 Professor Lee is considering going to teach in Shenzhen, where he can get paid      .

A. as five times much                  B. as much five times     

C. much as five times                  D. five times as much

 We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining        .

  A. badly            B. hardly          C. strongly          D. heavily

 I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always         you        a careful driver.

A. think; are      B. am thinking     C. thought; were      D. think; were

 One of the men held the view          the reporter stated was not true.

  A. which            B. that            C. what               D. that what

 —How do you find the concert in the Beijing Grand Theatre last night?

  —_______. But the conductor was perfect.

   A. I couldn’t agree more        B. I don’t think much of it

C. I was crazy about it          D. I really like it 

 He _____ English for ten years by the time he takes the examination.

A. will have been studying                  B. would have been studying

C. will study                             D. studied      

 This is a difficult and stressful job, but one ______ you can really help people.

A. that          B. where            C. which                D. of which

 ______, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job. Good wages. No experience necessary.”

A. Looking through the newspaper 

   B. While I was looking through the newspaper

   C. To look through the newspaper

   D. I was looking through the newspaper

 Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to        .

  A. go out         B. give in          C. turn off         D. be put up