Just a month before the earthquake the school practiced an emergency drill showing the children how to ________ find their “safe place”．
A．calmly B．regularly
C．automatically D．specially
You needn't have apologized for your absence—________， it's hardly your fault.
A．therefore B．however
C．meanwhile D．besides
Once you are ________ to smoking, it is difficult to give it up.
A．crazy B．addicted
C．fond D．attractive
There is no doubt that I'm trying to do what is best, but ________ I have got to consider the cost.
A．merely B．equally
C．nearly D．mostly
If the price of oil remains ________ for the rest of 2013, I will consider buying a new car.
A．solid B．specific
C．stubborn D．stable
Mike did the homework ________ it took me.
A．onethird a time B．onethird time
C．a onethird time D．onethird the time
