1. ______________（很少有人不抱怨工作单调乏味）,but they will feel more bored if they do not work.
　　2. Henry has prepared a party for his girlfriend,______________（结果却被告之她到时候不能来了）.
　　3. The chief reason for the population growth is ______________（与其说是出生率的上升，还不如说是死亡率的下降）.
　　4. True friendship foresees the needs of others ______________（而不是声明自己的需求）.
　　5. Although I liked the appearance of the house,_____________（真正让我决定买下它的）was the beautiful view through the window.

　　答案与解析：
　　1. Few people do not complain about the tedium of their jobs
　　2. only to be told that she couldn't come by then
　　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
　　4.rather than proclaims one's own
　　5.what really made me decide to buy it