Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people _________ harm them．

A．more than

B．rather than

C．other than

D．better than

The car doesn’t belong to me．________, it is impossible for me to lend it to you．

A．Yet

B．Still

C．Thus

D．Though

That’s really a _________ problem; no wonder all the students looked _________ ．

A．puzzled; puzzling

B．puzzled; puzzled

C．puzzling; puzzling

D．puzzling; puzzled

The lazy waiter _________ to his boss that he had _________ the table．

A．lay; laid

B．lied; lay

C．lied; laid

D．laid; laid

_________ made the school proud was _________ more than 90％ of the students had been admitted to the key university．

A．What; because

B．What; that

C．That; what

D．That; because

When we were young, every evening my brother and I _________ stay at home waiting for my mother?

A．might

B．would

C．should

D．could

I hadn’t seen him for years but I _________ him at first sight．

A．realized

B．spotted

C．combined

D．observed

The poor postman was fired before he could _________ his fault．

A．stand for

B．change for

C．prepare for

D．account for

In my opinion, Tony is _________ success because he has bought _________ third car though he already has two．

A．a ; a

B．a ; the

C．/; the

D．/; a

Being a good listener is a kind quality and that’s _________ it takes to keep friendship．

A．which

B．what

C．how

D．where