________her home, Mary helps her mother with some housework.
| A．As soon as she returns | B．On arriving |
| C．After she gets | D．Immediately she reaches |
. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.
| A．associated | B．relative | C．geared | D．sufficient |
Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
| A．due to | B．but for | C．in spite of | D．with relation to |
When the little child caught sight of the young woman _____ in white he started brawling immediately.
| A．dressed | B．wearing | C．worn | D．putting on |
She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.
| A．withdraw | B．abandon | C．diminish | D．eliminate |
. From the cheers and shouts of _____, I gathered that he was winning the race.
| A．stimulus | B．urgency | C．encouragement | D．promotion |