The Chinese school on Yale Street remains the same as it was ten years ago except for its appearance.

Despite improvements in treatment for asthma, the death rate from this disease has doubled during the past decade from its previous rate. Two possible explanations for this increase have been offered. First, the recording of deaths due to asthma has become more widespread and accurate in the past decade than it had been previously. Second, there has been an increase in urban pollution. However, since the rate of deaths due to asthma has increased dramatically even in cities with long-standing, comprehensive medical records and with little or no urban pollution, one must instead conclude that the cause of increased deaths is the use of bronchial inhalers by asthma sufferers to relieve their symptoms. Each of the following, if true, provides support to the argument EXCEPT:

A．Urban populations have doubled in the past decade.

B．Records of asthma deaths are as accurate for the past twenty years as for the past ten years.

C．Evidence suggests that bronchial inhalers make the lungs more sensitive to irritation by airborne pollen.

D．By tem|X)rarily relieving the symptoms of asthma, inhalers encourage sufferers to avoid more beneficial measures.

E．Ten years ago bronchial inhalers were not available as an asthma treatment.

The school district is likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

The streets were empty ______ the policemen on duty.

A．besides

B．except

C．excepting

D．except for

The school district is likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

A．larger than city district.

B．larger than the state district.

C．the same as the city district.

D．Both A and C.

The school district is likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

A．larger than city district.

B．larger than the state district.

C．the same as the city district.

D．Both A and C.

The school district is likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

A．larger than city district.

B．larger than the state district.

C．the same as the city district.

D．Both A and C.

&8226;kook at the charts below. They show the sales of cars in different department stores during 2004, 2005 and 2006.

&8226;Which chart does each sentence (11-15) describe?

&8226;For each sentence, mark the correct letter (A- E) on your Answer Sheet.

&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.

Track sales hardly changed throughout the period, except for a slight fall in 200

The classroom is quite clean _____ some waste paper on the floor.

A.except for

B.besides

C.except

D.without