[单项选择]The population of Beijing is three times __ that of Qingdao.
A. so large as
B. as large to
C. as large as
D. as larger than

[单项选择]China has to feed a population over four times ______ though its area is only a little larger than the United States.
A. large
B. so large
C. as large
D. more

[单项选择]He failed to pass the examination three times but ______ he passed it.


A. at the end
B. at the last
C. in the end
D. at least

[单项选择](Alcoholics) have a death rate nearly three times more than (the general population); they are (seven times) more likely than non-alcoholics to (suffer) fatal accidents.
A. Alcoholics
B. the general population
C. seven times
D. suffer

[单项选择]The man tried three times to pass the driving license test, ______ by the department concerned each time.
A. only to be flunked
B. flunked
C. being always flunked
D. having been flunked

[单项选择]Even after reading it for three times he couldn't ______ the meaning of that letter.
A. conceive
B. consult
C. contrast
D. concern

[单项选择]The people there will pay two or three times as much as they used to pay for a house.
A. 那儿的人买一栋房子的钱比将过去多两三倍。
B. 那儿的人买一栋房子的钱将是他们习惯花的钱的两三倍。
C. 那儿的人买一栋房子将是他们习惯花的钱的一两倍。
D. 那儿的人买一栋房子将比过去多付一两倍的钱。

[单项选择]You are always late. You （　） late three times this week.
A. are being
B. were
C. had been
D. have been

[单项选择]According to the rule, if you fail three times, you are not ____________ to try any more.


A. identified
B. entitled
C. granted
D. justified

[单项选择]If I take this medicine three times a day, it should ______ my cold.
A. heal
B. cure
C. treat
D. recover

[单项选择]—This ruler is three times as long as that one. It is not______ to discuss the question again and again.
A. worth
B. worthy
C. worthwhile
D. worth while

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Two or three times a week, she had a customer in (21) she began to take an interest. He was a middle-aged man (22) spectacles and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German accent. His clothes were worn and wrinkled, but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always bought two (23) of stale bread. He never asked for anything (24) stale bread; it cost a lot less than (25) bread. Once Miss Albert noticed a red and brown stain on his finger. She was sure that he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic, where he (26) pictures and ate stale bread and thought of good things to eat in the bakery.
Often when Miss Albert sat down to her evening meal, she (27) sigh and wish the artist might share her food instead of eating his dry bread. One day the customer came in (28) usual and asked for his stale bread. As the sudden noise of the fire engine made him hurry to the door, Miss Albert (29)
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. from