The first painting he gave me wasn't good and ________．

A．neither was the second one

B．neither the second one was

C．the second one was neither

D．the second one neither was

We shouldn't complain about being poor-many families are much ________ than we are．

A．worse off

B．badly off

C．well off

D．better off

The discovery of the new evidence led to ________．

A．the thief having caught

B．catch the thief

C．the thief being caught

D．the thief to be caught

Nowadays more and more people are advised to arrange for insurance ________ that they or their family members need medical care．

A．in order

B．in need

C．in case

D．in hope

They had ________ the office building, which then left an open space to build a street garden．

A．pulled down

B．taken down

C．turned down

D．poured down

Compared with male graduates, a(n)________ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job-hunting．

A．casually

B．roughly

C．gradually

D．relatively

According to the agreement, all payments ________ be made in cash．

A．may

B．shall

C．need

D．can

Failure is the mother of success; no one can always be ________ failure or ________ success．

A．a; a

B．/; a

C．a;/

D．the; the

The final test ________, all the students went home happily．

A．has been finished

B．finishing

C．finished

D．was finished

The houses here are very popular these days because of the ________．They are near the famous school．

A．convenience

B．character

C．price

D．value