___left before thedeadline, it doesn’t seem likely that John will finishthe job

He got the first place in the Oral English Contest, ____ was beyond his expectation.

依次填入下列各句横线处的成语，最恰当的一组是（ ）① 收入差别过大，造成骨干教师流失，对那些师资力量本就不厚实的普通学校而言，无异于___________。② 改革开放的成果越来越令人瞩目，许多来中国的人都有感于二十几年中国发生________的变化。③ 随着人事制度的不断完善，机关事业单位中__________的现象将大大减少，机关事业单位的工作作风将有很大的转变。

Children these days ______ their parents too much. They should learn how to look after themselves.

The Yangtze River （长江） is the __________ river in Asia and China, and the third-longest in the world, after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.