Life is like sport, （）I mean it's a hard competitive business.

单项选择题The report was not concrete and in a way lacked persuasion. But （）, I felt it was fair.

A. above all
B. in a word
C. on the whole
D. in other words

单项选择题I don't like this blue hat, I like（）.

A. red one
B. the red one
C. a red
D. that red

单项选择题（）and the lesson began.

A. He came in
B. Came in he
C. In he came
D. In came he

单项选择题—How was the weather then —Hardly （）off the plane when it started to rain.

A. I had stepped
B. had I stepped
C. I stepped
D. did I step

单项选择题—I beg you to quit smoking. I can't really （）that smell. —I'm extremely sorry to hear that.

A. hold on to
B. put up with
C. break away from
D. get into