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

下列圖畫(huà)描述了發(fā)生在Mr. Smith身上的一件事。請(qǐng)據(jù)此為一家英語(yǔ)雜志的故事專欄寫(xiě)一篇短文。

注意：（1）短文必須包括圖畫(huà)所表現(xiàn)的主要內(nèi)容，可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，使其連貫、完整；

     （2）詞數(shù)100個(gè)左右。

   假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

   增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。