Part 2 · Open cloze

Q1.Rarely ___ a study provoked such immediate controversy.

Q2.No sooner ___ the results been published than the criticism began.

Q3.It is not so much the cost ___ the delay that worries residents.

Q4.___ for the intervention of a neighbour, the fire would have spread.

Q5.The scheme has, ___ far, exceeded every projection.

Q6.Little ___ they realise how far the damage had already spread.

Q7.In ___ of the evidence, the committee refused to reconsider.

Q8.Under ___ circumstances should the sample be left unrefrigerated.