Syria's foreign ministry yesterday accused Israel ______ working with "terrorist groups" after it carried out two strikes against Syrian targets.

A．of               B．with              C．on               D．against

My calculations were based on the ______ that house prices would remain steady.

A．theory            B．regulation         C．procedure         D．assumption

The story is moving, and the questions, I suppose, are not so difficult as they appear ______.

A．to answer         B．to be answered     C．answering         D．being answered

—We’ll take the conditions into careful consideration ______ you have attached to this contract.

—Thanks. Hope for further cooperation.

A．as               B．which            C．where            D．what

The elderly need special care in winter, as they are ______ to the sudden change of weather.

A．sensitive          B．negative          C．flexible           D．sensible

If water becomes increasingly scarce in decades ______, water shortage will become a hot issue all over the world.

A．coming           B．having come       C．to come           D．to be coming

She started studying medicine at college, but ______ to Business Studies in her second year.

A．transformed       B．skipped           C．adjusted          D．switched

—Has your father returned from Europe yet?

—Yes, but he ______ here for only three days before his company sent him to America.

A．was              B．has been          C．will be            D．would be

Steve has to get up at 5:00 A.M. to get to school. ______ this , he has never missed a class.

A. In contrast to  B. Apart from              C. In addition to       D. In spite of

The other day he ______ a dollar bill in the suit he was sending to the cleaner’s.

A．came to           B．came across        C．came into         D．came through