[填空题]Last month’s rainfall was three times (much) ______ than the average for that period.

[单项选择]Last year our company spent four times as much money in developing new products as we did four years ago（）
A. 去年和4年前一样，我公司先后4次投入大量资金发展新产品。
B. 和4年前一样，去年我公司花了4倍的资金研制新产品。
C. 去年，我公司花费在开发新产品上的经费比4年前多了3倍。
D. 我公司今年花费的新产品开发费用比4年前多出4倍。

[单项选择]The larger of two numbers exceeds three times the smaller number by 2. The sum of twice the larger and 4 times the smaller is 73. If a is the smaller number, which equation below determines the correct value of x
A. 4(3a+2)+2a=73
B. 4(3a+2)+2a=73
C. (6a+2)+4a=73
D. 2(3a+2)+4a=73
E. 2(3a-2)+4a=73

[填空题]He repeated three times the sentence in order to make himself（）(understand).

[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] Ken and I met and saw each other just three times before he left for Vietnam. He never gave me flowers or candy. There were no moonlight walks, no lingering good-byes on the front porch. Our courtship took place by mail. I felt sorry for him, far from home in the service of his country. Writing to him seemed almost a patriotic duty. But as we got better acquainted, our letter-writing pace increased—to as many as three a day. I started driving home at lunch to collect the mail. Then Ken came back in leave, and we surprised ourselves by getting married and going overseas together. Romantic Not really, because then he left on a three -week mission, making our honeymoon a by-mail event too. We didn’’t set out to defy romantic customs; it just turned out that way, and stayed that way. We had been married seven years before we remembered our anniversary—and then only because my mother phoned to wish us a happy one. It took another ten years for us to notice Valentine’’s D
A. some examples of conventional customs
B. an intimate friendship
C. a special relationship
D. an ordinary acquaintance

[简答题]I have been seeing the movie three times, and now I want to see it again.

[单项选择]A. It contains three times the protein of kale.
B. It contains three times the iron of spinach.
C. It contains three times the carbohydrate of bread.
D. It has five times more fiber than whole grain wheat flour.

[单项选择]The ball（）two or three times before rolling down the slope.
A. swayed
B. bounced
C. hopped
D. darted

[单项选择]Jane: I failed the test again! Three times in a row! Helen: __________ It’s no big deal. You still have another chance.
A. Cheers.
B. Don’t worry.
C. Come on
D. Forget it

[单项选择]A. Three times. B. Quite a long time.
C. It’s half past three. D. It’s time to go there.

[单项选择]The ball ______ two or three Times before rolling down the slope.
A. swayed
B. hopped
C. darted
D. bounced

[单项选择]

[听力原文]
M: Take the pill three times a day right after meals, and each time take four.
W: Thanks a lot. doctor!

How many pills should the patient take one day （）
A. 4.
B. 8.
C. 12.
D. 15.