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Exercise Forty 1. ______________，but they will feel more bored if they do not work. 2. Henry has prepared a party for his girlfriend，______________. 3. The chief reason for the population growth is ______________. 4. True friendship foresees the needs of others ______________. 5. Although I liked the appearance of the house，_____________was the beautiful view through the window. 1. Few people do not complain about the tedium of their jobs 解析：本题考查对形容词few和动词短语complain about的掌握。few作形容词时意为很少的，少数的，用来修饰可数名词复数，表示少得几乎没有。complain about sth.意为抱怨某事。tedium沉闷，单调乏味，为不可数名词。 2. only to be told that she couldnt come by then 解析：本题考查对only+不定式结构的掌握。only+不定式结构相当于一个结果状语，意为结果却...，表示事情的发展令人不快或与预料相反。被告之...表明不定式要用被动式。that宾语从句作动词told的宾语，从句的时态应与主句一致。by then在此处指到将来的某个时候。 3. not so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates或more a fall in death rates than a rise in birth rates | 
