Digital photography is still new enough that mast of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras -- they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suitable for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) -- and in many ways more (10) -- than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) . Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date -- exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

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A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras—they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suit able for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) and in many ways more (10) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date—exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.16（）

A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras—they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suit able for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) and in many ways more (10) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date—exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

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A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras—they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suit able for everyday picture-taking. The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) and in many ways more (10) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) . Paper is also terribly (12) Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints. The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line. What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date—exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.13（）

A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

Digital photography is still new enough that mast of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras -- they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suitable for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) -- and in many ways more (10) -- than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) . Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date -- exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.18（）

A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras—they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suit able for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) and in many ways more (10) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date—exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

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A:less than B:much less C:apart from D:rather than

He has (less friends) (in) his classes now (than) he (had) last year.

A:less friends B:in C:than D:had

Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because ______.

A:there are more than enough women in the labor force B:women have more freedom in selecting jobs C:women are only provided with low-paid jobs D:women are less experienced than men

Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because ______.

A:there are more than enough women in the labor force B:women have more freedom in selecting jobs C:women are only provided with low-paid jobs D:women ale less experienced than men