With prices rising sharply, we now have to spend _______ three months ago on basic living materials.

A. as twice much as　　　 　　　　 B. twice as much as

C. twice as more than　　 　　　　 D. twice as many as

---- I’m so sorry that I made your computer stop working.

---- _______. I can repair it myself.

A. No big deal.　　　 　　　　　　　 B. Don’t say that.

C. Not at all.　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. Of course not.

 When he was in high school, he made up his mind to _____ membership in the Party.

A. learn from                                  B. apply for

C. take in                                        D. join in

The ambulance was just arriving, for a worker, who ______ the window on the second floor, fell off the window.

　A. had been repairing　　 　　　　 B. was repairing

　C. has been repairing D. would be repairing

He witnessed Yushu, a county in Qinghai Province hit by _____ unexpected earthquake, but the Yushu people haven’t lost heart, vowing to turn their homeland into _____ more beautiful Yushu.

A. a; a B. an; the

C. the; a　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. an; a

 A traffic regulation released in a foreign country states that passengers sharing a car with a drunken driver _____ be punished together with the driver himself.

A. can                                             B. must

C. shall                                           D. will

---- Why is the cake so expensive?

---- Maybe you don’t know a cake made of wheat costs less than _____ made of rice.

A. one　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. that

C. the one　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. another

下列图画描述了发生在Mr. Smith身上的一件事。请据此为一家英语杂志的故事专栏写一篇短文。

注意：（1）短文必须包括图画所表现的主要内容，可以适当增加细节，使其连贯、完整；

     （2）词数100个左右。

   假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

   增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。