1 . For women life sometimes seems ____ it is for men.

A．twice as hard as

B．as twice hard as

C．as hard twice as

D．as hard as twice

2 . He has spent ____ money on his new house.

A．lot of

B．a great deal of

C．a great many

D．a large number of

3 . I’m afraid it will cost _________ money.

A．a great many

B．a large amount of

C．a great number of

D．a lot

4 . Our city has developed into a big city, which is______it used to be.

A．four times larger than that	B．four times the size of what
C．four times the size larger than what	D．as four times the size as that

5 . As we all know, Asia is _____ Europe.

A．four times as large as	B．bigger than four times
C．four times as much as	D．four times the size as

6 . Both the Winter and Summer Olympics are held ___________on a regular basis.

A．every four years	B．four years
C．for four years	D．every fourth year

7 . Americans eat ________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A．more than twice	B．as twice as many
C．twice as many as	D．more than twice as many

8 . After the new equipment was introduced, they produced ________machines this year as the year before.

A．as twice many	B．as many twice
C．twice as many	D．twice many as

9 . You are ______ to be hit by lightning ______be attacked by a shark, so don’t be frightened by sharks.

A．more likely 30 times; than	B．30 times as likely; than
C．30 times as more likely; as	D．30 times as likely; as

10 . －What do you think of the speech given by the president?
－I like_________of what he said.

A．more

B．many

C．few

D．much