Anyone who is in ________ of weapons without permission is considered law­breaking.

A. command B. controlC. charge  D. possession

All the students are looking forward to the first ________ to take the College Entrance Examinations.

A. measure B. attempt   C. purposeD. desire

--– Who should be responsible for the accident?

--– The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order ________.

A. as told          B. as are told       C. as telling          D. as they told

Mary failed the driving test again．If she ________ harder, she ________ the test easily．

A. practiced; would pass

B. had practiced; would pass

C. had practiced; would have passed        

D. should practice; should have passed

I would have helped you, but I ________ really occupied the whole week．

A. wasB. amC. had been D. were

The education program ________ combining brain work with manual labor is being widely spread throughout the country.

A. to aim at　　　　　 B. aims at         C. having aimed atD. aimed at

The sooner we students ________ to the new school，the better it will be _______ our studies.

A. adapt; for   B. adjust; to      C. adopt; forD. admit; to

With everything ________, he started the slide show.

A. in the place ofB. in places        C. in place ofD. in place

Occasions are quite rare ________ I have time to spend a day with my kids.

A. whoB. which          C. whyD. when

It ________ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks ________ I found we had a lot in common.

A. was until; whenB. was until; that   C. was not until; whenD. was not until; that