(本题考查compared with或in comparison with作状语的用法，“与…相比”可以用compared

with

或

in

comparison with表示) 4. On average, it is said, visitors spend only half as much money (一半的钱)in a day in Leeds as in London. (本题考查对倍数表达法的掌握。当用as…as表达倍数时，常用结构为“A+谓语+倍数+as+计量形容词原形+as+B”, “一半”用half 表示)

5. By contrast, America

mothers were more likely to attribute

their

children’s

success to (把孩子的成功归因于)natural talent.

(本题考查对be likely to…及attribute…用法的掌握。be likely to为固定用法，意为“可能”其后接原形动词。) 1.

___________________________ (批评与自我批评是非常必

要的)in that it helps us to find and correct our mistakes.

2.

Frequently

single-parent children take on some of the functions that

_________________________ (这些义务本来由他的父亲或母亲履行的).

3.

Despite

__________________________ （机票涨价），most people still prefer to travel by plane.

4.

______________________

_____ (工人们的要求是适度的)，they only asked for a small raise in their wages.

5.

__________________________ (我宁愿出来找工作)instead of moping around here every day. 答案：

1.

Criticism

and

self-criticism is necessary (批评与自我批评是非常必要的)in that it helps us to find and