The story shows that ________ knowledge of ________ first aid can make ________ real difference．

A．the; the;/

B．a;/; a

C．/; the; a

D．a;/;/

As we all know, it was ________ that resulted in the terrible car accident．

A．because of her carelessness

B．her being carelessness

C．because she was careless

D．she was so careless

Was it in the village ________ he was born ________ the talented journalist met the retired professor?

A．that, where

B．where, which

C．which, where

D．where, that

The day ________ he was looking forward ________ in the end．

A．when, to come

B．which, to coming

C．which, to came

D．when, to coming

Last summer holiday, I went back to my hometown, ________ the house and the neighbours ________ I used to be familiar with were gone．

A．only finding; which

B．only to find; that

C．only to find; whom

D．found; that

By the end of 2008, many events, such as the holding of the Olympics and the launch of spacecraft Shenzhou Ⅶ， ________．

A．had been taken place

B．had taken place

C．took place

D．was taken place

If the first few sentences of your application letter fail to win the reader's attention, the rest of the letter ________ not be read at all．

A．must

B．shall

C．may

D．should

________ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect．

A．Since

B．When

C．While

D．Unless

They want to employ 90 people, ________ last year．

A．three times as many as

B．more than three times

C．as three times as

D．three times that they did

There was an oil painting ________ in the corner．It ________ there for several days．

A．laying; had laid

B．lain; had laid

C．lying; had lain

D．laid; had been lain