11. In no country ______ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
　　A. better than  B. more than C. other than D. rather than
　　12. It is often more difficult to find trained men than _____ for a research project.
　　A. get financial support B. to get financial support
　　C. getting financial support D. to getting financial support
　　13. Generally speaking, people should have _____ as their desires will allow.
　　A. much education as     B. as much education
　　C. as less education      D. little education
　　14. Students at colleges in large cities ran into _____ debts because it was easier for them to find part-time jobs than those in rural areas.
　　A. few  B. fewer C. little  D. less
　　15. The risk the financial commission is taking is ______.
　　A. greater than the bank B. as greater as the bank
　　C. greater than the bank’s D. as greater than the bank’s
　　16. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than ______ in the public mind today.
　　A. exist B. exists C. existing D. existed
　　17. Only under special circumstances ______ to take make-up tests.
　　A. are freshmen permitted  B. freshmen are permitted
　　C. permitted are freshmen  D. are permitted freshmen
　　18.  We have been told that under no circumstances ______ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
　　A. did we use B. may we use  C. we could use D. we may use
　　19. Not until the game had begun ______ at the sports ground.
　　A. had he arrived  B. would he have arrived
　　C. did he arrive  D. should he have arrived
　　20. ______, he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
　　A. Although much he likes her B. Much although he likes her
　　C. As the likes her much  D. Much as he likes her

　　21. ______ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
　　A. Being the fourth biggest city B. It was once the fourth biggest city
　　C. Once the fourth biggest city D. The fourth biggest city it was
　　22. Only in this way ______ your writing.
　　A. you can improve B. you will improve
　　C. would you improve D. can you improve
　　23. "What a beautiful ring!" "Never _____ such a big diamond."
　　A. have seen I   B. I have seen  C. have I seen   D. I haven' t seen
　　24. Nowhere else in China _____ more beautiful scenery than in Kunming.
　　A. you can find       B. you have found
　　C. can you find       D. have you found
　　25. Under no circumstances _____ anything that will benefit ourselves but at the same time
　　harm the interests of others.
　　A. should we do  B. we should do  C. would do we  D. we would do
　　26. We do not even know his name; _____ about his character.
　　A. less we know  B. less know we C. less do we know  D. less we do know
　　27. It was the training that he had as a young man _____ made him such a good engineer.
　　A. has B. later
　　C. which D. that
　　28. The truth is that it is only by studying history _____ we can learn what to expect in the future. A. which                           B. and then
　　C. that                             D. by which
　　29. The mere fact ______ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur.
　　A. what B. which C. that D. why
　　30. ______ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
　　A. For B. Now C. Since D. Despite