[填空题]His______(prefer) is reading books rather than watching TV.

[填空题]His______(prefer) is reading books rather than watching TV.

[填空题]I’d rather read than watch television; the programs seem _______________(越来越糟糕) all the time.

[填空题]The hero would rather die than (give) ______ in.

[简答题]这位中国电影明星曾经说过，他宁愿被人们当作普通人怀念而不是名人。(would rather…than)

[单项选择]Rather than allowing these dramatic exchanges between her characters to develop fully, Ms. Norman unfortunately tends to ______ the discussions involving the two women.
A. exacerbate
B. protract
C. augment
D. truncate
E. elaborate

[单项选择]TEXT D Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious parctical benefits in an increasingly globalized world.But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turned out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia(痴呆) in old age. This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child s academic and intellectual development. They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creat
A. An ability to ignore distractions.
B. An ability to monitor surroundings.
C. An ability to perform with less effort.
D. An ability to exercise suppression.