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e started, ____ ______ we’d have it all finished.The actual removal went quit smoothly. Fortunately, the removal men weren’t ____ careless ____ we had feared, so we had fewer breakages ____ expected. The grandfather clock stood up to it all very well!How are things with you and the family? Is life in New York still ____ busy ____ ever?Sorry I haven’t written earlier, but as we say, “Better late ____ never!”PeterKey:一、1. as . as 2. as . as . than 4. . than most . 6. faster than 7. the nicer . than . 10. the most . 11. more earlier than 12. as . as 13. . than 14. the funniest 15. the thickest二、1. The weather is not so cold as it was last winter. 2. He moves more slowly than his sister does.3. He is the tallest student in the class.4.He works as hard as his elder brother.5. She is the most beautiful among her sisters.三. than as as so as the the the sooner as as than as as than4