【C4】A.Rather thanB.Other thanC.Less thanD.Better than
【C4】
A.Rather than
B.Other than
C.Less than
D.Better than
【C4】
A.Rather than
B.Other than
C.Less than
D.Better than
—Which do you like better, films ______ programs? —I prefer TV ______ films.
A.and; than
B.or; than
C.and; so
D.or; to
【C6】
A.rather than
B.as well as
C.but also
D.whereas
Giving money and goods needed by others 【C8】______ a part of Christian living. Some Christians engage in tithing, the 【C9】______ of 10 percent of their income to support the work of the church, 【C10】______ includes charitable services of those in need. Other Christians give smaller 【C11】______ of their income to the church but contribute either directly to those in need or to organizations that serve human beings or lower animals.
Although some Christians believe the world will continue to become more evil until Christ returns to earth, 【C12】______ think that they 【C13】______ improve the world. Christian service to God means, 【C14】______ , not only charity to meet current needs but also altering institutions and structures of society in order to 【C15】______ poverty, illness, and injustices. For some Christians, the social implications of the gospel are almost as important as the religious. John Woolman visited the slaveholders in the United States to 【C16】______ them to free their slaves. Henry Ward Beecher openly supported a campaign to free all the slaves. Walter Rauschenbusch labored to improve living and working conditions for poor people in cities. Albert Schweitzer brought modern medicine to peoples in Africa. Martin Luther King used the 【C17】______ resistance methods 【C18】______ by Mohandas K. Gandhi to win recognition of civil right for black people of the United states. Mother Teresa worked to save abandoned children in Calcutta. These few examples give some idea of the 【C19】______ of activities 【C20】______ have fostered to improve the living conditions of their fellow humans.
【C1】______
A.rather than
B.rather than of
C.rather...than of
D.not of
【C20】
A.rather than
B.despite
C.instead
D.regardless of
【B6】
A.rather too
B.instead of
C.thanks to
D.due to
【B15】
A.rather than
B.other than
C.instead for
D.but rather
When I go out in the evening I use the bike ________ the car if I can.
A.rather than
B.regardless of
C.in spite of
D.other than