（ ） the day went on, the weather got worse.
（A）With
（B）Since
（C）As
（D）While
It never occurred to me （ ） you could succeed in persuading him to change his mind.
（A）which
（B）what
（C）that
（D）if
It is not immediately clear （ ） the financial crisis will soon be over.
（A）since
（B）what
（C）when
（D）whether
