1.—It's reported that there will be a sand-storm in the next

1.—It's reported that there will be a sand-storm in the next two days.
—What a pity!The weather will ___our trouble.
A.take out B.reduce C.add to
2.The elephant is at least___the tiger.
A.three times bigger than B.bigger three times than
C.as three times bigger as D.three times as bigger as