_________ 202 km Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway, with _________ design speed of 350 km per hour, began its operation on Oct 26, 2010．

A．The; a

B．The; the

C．A; a

D．A; the

It was raining hard, but by the time the class was over, the rain _________．

A．would stop

B．was stopping

C．stopped

D．had stopped

Under the pressure of inflation, many families, nowadays in China, cry helplessly over _________ is left of their homes．

A．what

B．which

C．there

D．that

They _________ a certain amount of working experience through volunteer work．

A．accumulated

B．attempted

C．abandoned

D．accomplished

Nowadays more and more people are advised to arrange for insurance _________ they or their family members need medical treatment．

A．so that

B．in order that

C．in case

D．no wonder

A quarter of the residents in this area _________ no access to health service now．

A．is reported having

B．is reported to have

C．are reported to have had

D．are reported to have

If my lawyer _________ here last Sunday, he _________ me from going．

A．had been, would have prevented

B．had been, would prevent

C．were, prevent

D．were, would have prevented

Outside the school gate stood lots of parents, _________ for their children．

A．to wait

B．waiting

C．were waiting

D．waited

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

The National Education Department says school safety has set off alarm bells with frequent serious accidents _________ students got injured or even killed．

A．that

B．in which

C．by which

D．when