1 . Today, more people around the world speak English as their second language ________ ever before. (用适当的词填空)

2 . Farming produced more food per person ________ hunting and gathering，so people were able to raise more children. (用适当的词填空)

3 . Whatever your answer is, there's always a lot more to it _______ first meets the eye.（用适当的词填空）

4 . Bill Shankly said that some people believed football was ______ matter of life and death. He assured us that it was much more important ______ that.（用适当的单词填空）

5 . While he was in the office he preferred doing something_____ doing nothing. (用适当的词填空)

6 . Doing anything is better________ doing nothing. （用适当的单词填空）

7 . The far side of the moon is of particular interest to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters (环形山), more so______the familiar near side. (用适当的词填空)