---Some people showed little interest in the meeting and were absent from it.
---_________.
A. So it was with my friend B. So did my friend
C. So my friend did D. Nor it was with my friend
I’ve worked with children before, so I know what ______ in my new job.
A. to expect B. to be expected
C. expected D. expecting
In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they _______.
A. have survived B. are to survive
C. would survive D. will survive
– You’re wearing a tie! -- _________ for observation.
A. Pass marks B. Full marks
C. A mark D. Great mark
The heart is ____ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.
A. not so B. not much
C. much more D. no more
We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style _____ in a personal one.
A. rather than B. other than
C. better than D. less than