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The teacher didn’t assign anything specific,so they were reading ______.

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The court ordered the council to ______ the conduct of the two officials.

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Experts are making an investigation on the spot before they find a way to ______ the towerarchitecturally.

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Repeated ______ made it impossible for her to concentrate on what was at hand.

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He ______ his research in spite of the horrible working conditions.

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The number of companies unwilling to ______ female college graduates is not small.

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______ through the book, he saw a chart listing the most popular short stories in the lastyear.

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As has been proved, flooding is more likely along the lower ______ of the Nile.

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The young researcher is working hard, whose ______ is to be a professor at college.

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Personality in America is further complicated by their ______ racial and culturalorigins and successive ways of immigration.

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A society which values competition so highly is ______ an aggressive one.

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The minority finally got their ______ in governing the town.

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More and more people have begun to realize health as a ______ of the firstimportance.

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The experts have confirmed that this picture is actually a worthless ______.

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Before he left for his new post, he expressed his ______ to everyone on the staff.

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The ______ manner of the boss was a model to everyone working in his company.

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The small brains of bees’ are ______ to recognize different human faces, new researchhas discovered.

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Wild animals seem to have survived the Indian Ocean earthquake, adding ______ tothe belief that they possess a“ sixth sense” for disasters.

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On my way to work yesterday, I ______ gasoline and had to walk to the nearest garage.

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His new suit hung loosely, as if tailored for someone ______ his size.

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I would have come to see you before, but I ______ ill.

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All Tom has to do this weekend is ______ his report.

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This discovery is breathtaking and unique, ______ few people can realize it.

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What impressed me ______ is his intelligence in mathematics and physics.

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The new building is located in ______ used to be a playground.

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It was ______ yesterday ______ I knew they are a couple

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______ , the earth rotates from west to east.

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We waited for him in the sun for ______ that we became sunburned.

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______ to sleep than the door was broken  open.

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Do you still remember the house ______ you were born?

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Martha bought a ninety-dollar suit for one-third off the regular price.

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We are very often told in Britain to take the United States as an example of what is done orwhat might be done.

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I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm never went off.

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The combination of poetic overtones and the suggestion of physical distance often makes“farther” the first choice with romantic,distant place names.

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Accordingly, a journalist taking a high prescriptive line about correct English may seem tohypocritical and irritating a spectacle as Satan reproving sin.

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And it is almost always the pronunciation that changes to conform with spelling, not theother way round.

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It looked like it will be a mild, but rainy weekend.

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Usually, the wave is preceded by a trough that sucks out water along the shore, beachingships like an abnormally low tide.

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The problem is that what is classified and perceived as a mass noun in English oftenfunctions as a countable noun in another language.

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The dust reflects the light and spread it around.

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You can arrive in Guangzhou on time for the fashion show ______ you don’t mind taking thenight train.

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The students are still talking about the strange people they ______ on their trip.

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The players expected there ______ more free time after going back to the country from abroad.

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The man who ______ stopped from time to time as if he wanted to tie his shoelaces.

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______ has finished the task ahead of time will be rewarded,though we don’t know who itwill be.

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At last I decided to pay a visit to my new general manager as soon as I ______.

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These two countries are similar ______ they both have a high snowfall during winter.

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They were surprised that a four-year-old boy should work out such a difficult problem ______they themselves couldn’t.

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Word has come ______ a large number of the British Airway employees will go on strike nextweek.

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We would say it’s the best use that ______ this money.

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It’s getting late. We ______ leave now,or we’ll miss the last bus.

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It is ______ that a hundred people can dance in it.

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I can never thank you ______ much for your help. Without it, I couldn’t have finished mypaper.

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When I met her this morning, she had this ______ look on her face. She must have worked latelast night.

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Hawaii is ______ a place to relax; it’s also a marvelous spot to surf.

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I cannot believe that he ______ my offer.

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It was one of the most beautiful scenes I had ever set my eyes ______.

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Though the Chinese medicine tastes ______, it surely helps.

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Night ______, the girl studying in her room switched on the light to do more reading.

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Doctors have said that as many as 50 percent of patients don’t take medicine ______directed.

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The traditional approach to dealing with complex problems is to ______ into smaller, moreeasily managed ones.

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Since mail depends ______ such a great extent on forests, every effort must be made topreserve trees and wildlife.

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Many animals that lived thousands of years ago are now ______.

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The government gave a very ______ explanation of its plans for the development of electronicindustry.

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Many students ______ because they are not prepared for our challenging program.

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When she said she would be ready to help us out, she ______ well.

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A dynamic free-market system can generate prosperity and progress on a global ______.

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More flight ______ will be opened across the country with the fast growth of tourism.

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Please ______ your telephone message by writing to me.

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Red Cross is ______ the operation to fly in supplies to the refugees.

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Legislators often respond to the quiet and professional pressure of lobbyists.

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Jane does not work hard because she wants to earn money.

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Pindus Road was a long, wide, straight street that ran parallel with Bread Road.

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Miss Green is skin and bone.

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And what with that ringing ,and with the rustle of silk and brocade and fine linen , therewas aflutter in the air that fanned Saint Antoine and his devouring hunger far away.

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They were discussing this question , and were almost building up some weak structure of hopeon his prolonged absence, when they heard him on the stairs.

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He was very clean. His mind was open.

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Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.

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Their legs moved a little jerkily, like well-made wooden dolls, and they carried pillars ofblack fear about them.

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I can't see any real basis for marriage except in terms of its being a mechanical unit, thatsociety must have to exist.

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The girl learned to like the country dances almost ______ other activities.

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The turnover capacity of the harbor has increased ______ this year.

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It won’t be long ______ our city can solve the problem of water pollution.

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All information has been ______ as carefully as possible to ensure that it is accurate.

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The note was to ______ him of something he had to explain to his students.

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Research opportunities ______ in a wide range of pure and applied mathematics.

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It is not ______ for me to return all the books now because I still need some of them for myresearch.

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For travelers, the dramatic combination of old and new makes for a journey unlike ______.

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The manager first introduced himself to the new employees and then went on ______ the companyregulations.

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Many of the world’s greatest novels are reported ______ into films in the past few years.

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There is no point ______ to persuade him to take the risk of starting his own business.

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He heard someone ______ when he happened to be passing through the village.

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I really appreciate ______ to help me, but I am sure that I can manage by myself.

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After several rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ______.

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I wish ______ to be understood that what he did has nothing to do with me.

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______ the bad weather, no shipment will arrive this week.

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There is ______ reason to believe that we are able to solve this problem on our own.

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He ______ her as soon as he came back from his business trip.

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While wandering in the yard sale, I ______ a famous painting.

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There are some remote areas in the world that remain ______ by modem civilization.