________with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
 
A.Compare them   
B.If you compare       
C.When compared  
D.A comparison

The Internet has ________ developed and become part of our daily life.
A.increasing 
B.increases
C.increased
D.increasingly

He was sent to an island_________ only by birds.
A.lived   
B.resided          
C.occupying        
D. inhabited

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Your writing was not so convincing as ______.
A.Peter                       
B.of Peter’s   
C.Peter’s                    
D.Peter was

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______do you meet each other? - Once or twice a month.
A.How far 
B.How long
C.How often 
D.How much

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ had he left the room ______  an explosion was heard.
A.No longer/ than
B.Not only/ but also   
C.No sooner/ and       
D.Hardly/ when

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You can ______your coat if you feel hot.
A.go off   
B.take off   
C.wear out  
D.go with

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The Pikes earn money ____ raising poultry.
A.by                           
B.on                           
C.with                        
D.through

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Although Jack is only ten years old, he is well-known _____ his verse.
A.for                           
B.in                            
C.at                            
D.on

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is Mary’s new house. It ____ a fortune!
A.shall cost      
B.needn’t cost   
C.will cost        
D.must cost