As usual, the 2013 Spring Festival Gala _____ on New Year's Eve, which attracted almost all the Chinese.
The magazine you lent me ______ among the 10 most popular ones in our school.
Professor Smith, along with his assistants, ______ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.
Class regulations require ______ is the last to leave the classroom ______ off all the lights.
He was not really in the mood for anything ______ it dawned on him that it had not been his fault.
No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of ______.