9. Geniuses don’t follow what they are taught. They often come up with ______ ideas.(A)unconventiona
10. When traveling in the mountains, we had better carry a ______ with us; otherwise, it is verylike
11. The city government met with strong ______ from residents about its proposal to build anuclear p
12. The ______ sale will start tomorrow because this department store is going out of business.(A)de
15. During wartime, people often suffer terrible ______, such as not enough food or fuel tokeep them
16. Dad told Mary to ______ the phone in five minutes because she had been talking on thephone for a
17. John doesn’t smoke, yet his older brother is a ______ smoker. (A)second-hand (B)non(C)chain (D)s
18. I hate ______ comments. I cannot stand people who always criticize. (A)negative(B)positive (C)id
19. Of all the board games, this one is ______ difficult to play. (A)least (B)less than (C)theless (
20. Mr. Wang’s lawyer argued strongly that his rights had been______ because the policehad illegally
21. After eleven o’clock in the evening, the bus is empty______ the driver and the conductor.(A)besi
22. Robert can’t drive us to the airport. He has______ to take us all.(A)a too small car (B)too smal
24. Michelle would certainly have attended advisory board meeting______ on the highway.(A)if she did
25. A study shows that intelligence accounts for only 20 percent of the factors thatdetermine succes
26. We can always work toward improving our self-control, and,______, we can help othersdo the same.
27. ______, I cannot agree with him on the matter.(A)Much as I respect him (B)As I respect him much(
28. Janet put forward the proposal that the program______ until Mr. Brian Reynolds cameback from abr
29. To have her own clothing store, Jane borrowed money from family members to get herbusiness______
30. Not only______ most male birds have extremely beautiful feathers, but they know how to use them.