We'll learn much from this failure, so our suffering and efforts are not ________.
| A.in return | B.in vain |
| C.at random | D.at all costs |
—How do you think of my composition?
—Almost perfect ________ one spelling mistake.
| A.but | B.except |
| C.except for | D.besides |
I really don't want to go; ________, the weather is so cold outside.
| A.in addition | B.in fact |
| C.on the contrary | D.in another word |
________ going to a language school, Andrew also went to the library almost every day and learned about 20 Chinese characters a day.
| A.Apart from | B.Far from |
| C.Due to | D.Instead of |
The doctor advised her to eat more bean products ________ meat which might be harmful to her heart disease.
| A.for lack of | B.by means of |
| C.in place of | D.in favour of |
Housing prices in Beijing and Shanghai are now largely ________ for lowincome families.
| A.out of control | B.out of touch |
| C.out of reach | D.out of order |
If you are ________ then exercise, or the movements you make, will cause you some degree of physical harm.
| A.out of breath | B.out of work |
| C.out of luck | D.out of condition |
Only my cousin has chosen to apply for a job in Africa ________ the majority of this year's graduates working in Britain.
| A.in common with | B.as well as |
| C.in contrast to | D.by reason of |
Mother always complains that children ________ their shoes very quickly.(2013·江西,27)
| A.find out | B.wash out |
| C.wear out | D.set out |
Oldfashioned phones matter when wireless networks ________ in disasters.(2013·福建,28)
| A.turn down | B.turn out |
| C.break down | D.break out |