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• 1It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money _____ favors to them.

  A.in preference to

  B.in place of

  C.in agreement with

  D.in exchange for

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• 2They managed to carry on their experiments _____ the difficulties.

  A.in spite of

  B.in place of

  C.in memory of

  D.in hope of

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• 3On coming into the kitchen, mother found the soiled (污染的) dishes piled _____.

  A.at risk

  B.at random

  C.at length

  D.at ease

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• 4Great attention must be paid ______ education, especially in the countryside.

  A.develop

  B.to develop

  C.to developing

  D.developing

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• 5John spent most of his time practising speaking English in addition _____ his spare time.

  A.of

  B.to

  C.for

  D.into

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• 6The design of modem architecture concentrates on usefulness ____ decoration.

  A.instead

  B.neither

  C.rather than

  D.other than

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• 7I'd like to buy a house-modern,comfortable,and _____ in a quiet neighborhood.

  A.in all

  B.above all

  C.after all

  D.at all

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• 8It took _____ building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.

  A.other than

  B.more than

  C.rather than

  D.less than

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