1. The horse is getting old and cannot run ____ it did.
A. as faster as        B. so fast than
C. so faster as         D. as fast as
2. The students are ____ young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty.
A. most            B. almost
C. mostly            D. at most      
3.This year they have produced _____ grain____ they did last year.
A. as less, as        B. as few, as
C. less, than          D. fewer, than
4. ---- Can I help you?
---- Well, I’m afraid the box is ____ heavy for you, but thank you all the same.  
A. so              B. much               C. very              D. too
5. ---- Excuse me, is this Mr Brown’s office?
----I’m sorry, but Mr Brown____ works here. He left about three weeks ago.
A. not now          B. no more          C. not still          D. no longer   
6. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ____ tractors in 1988 as the year before.
A. as twice many     B. as many twice        C. twice as many       D. twice many as
7. ----Will you give this message to Mr White, please?
----Sorry, I can’t. He ____.
A. doesn’t any more work here            B. doesn’t any longer here work
C. doesn’t work any more here            D. doesn’t work here any longer
8. How ___ can you finish the drawing?
A. long             B. often.              C. soon             D. rapid
9. She doesn’t speak ____ her friends, but her written work is excellent.
A. as well as          B. as often as          C. so much as          D. as good as
10. “Can you read?” Mary said ____ to the notice.
A. angrily pointing                     B. and point angrily
C. angrily pointed                      D. and angrily pointing