在英语越来越重要的21世纪，学好英语成了大学生的首要目标。为帮助大学生更好地掌握英语知识，特提供以下文章：
1. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____the atmosphere.
A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is
2. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tire blew out
B. my right rear tire had a blowout
C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire
D. I had my right rear tire blowout
3. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro?American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analyzed
B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed
D. should have been analyzed
4. ____ there is little we can do to modify the wheather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.
A. Since
B. When
C. While
D. Unless
5. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ____any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.
A. rather than
B. rather
C. than
D. other than