Don’t turn off the computer before closing all programs，________ you could have problems.                                                         

There are plenty of jobs ________ in the western part of the country.

Let’s go to give the stranger a hand.________he’s got into some trouble.

—How is your plan getting along?—I can’t carry on ________ any longer.Someone must help me.

Thank god，you finally returned home ________.You can never imagine how I worried about you when I was told about the terrible accident.

—What’s wrong?—Nothing serious.I’m just ________  busy.

—I wonder why Mary is so unfriendly to us.—She is ________ than unfriendly，I’m afraid.

—How about your trip to Hainan?—It couldn’t have been ________.Sometimes I went swimming in the sea；sometimes I lay on the sand.

—How did you find your visit to Disneyland?—I enjoyed it very much.It was ________ than I had expected.

—Now that you like the house with a garden，why not buy it?—Well，I can’t afford ________ house at present.

Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ is often thought to be the richest woman in the world.________，her personal wealth seems rather small.                            

Interest is as________to learning as the ability to understand，even more so.

Be ________—you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.

Mike was usually so careful，________this time he made a small mistake. 

A society cannot be successful if it throws tradition away，but it cannot be successful ________ if we do something to stop progress.                                

Those poor and needy teenagers were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy ________ priced bikes.                                           

The Forbidden City attracts a ________ stream of visitors every day，especially during national holidays.                                                        

If we leave right away，________ we’ll arrive on time.              

Mary worked here as a ________ secretary and ended up getting a full­time job with the company.                                                     

Tony can hardly boil an egg，still________cook dinner.