1、 School bullying will never stop if we do not address the _______ that bullying is just a normal rite of passage – some inevitable part of growing up.

2、 We just cannot help wondering how he _________ to get himself out of such a serious trouble.

3、 After the terrorist attack that had killed several people, the city tried to forget it by getting busy again. But fear always ________ back and haunted those alive who often found themselves woken up by nightmares in the middle of the night.

4、 While looking for a good deal on the Internet, we should be careful not to have bought ________ goods.

5、 The different interpretations of the book do not contradict each other. Instead, they _________ each other and allow the readers to see the whole picture from a variety of perspectives.

6、 After the police successfully cracked down on the riot and regained the control of the area a week later, the government _________ the state of emergency.

7、 The experimental results turned out to be ________ with our theoretical analysis, thus proving the correctness of our view.

8、 Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take _________ of various circumstances, times, and places.

9、 People should not be shocked at adolescents drinking and smoking. They just want to be treated as adults as many of them believe such behaviors are important indicators of _________.

10、 Artworks from all over the world seem to suggest that the preference for symmetry is not unique to any nation, but _________.

11、 Businesses are required to place the original of their business license in a(an) _______ location in the place of business.

12、 Red wine appears to protect the heart and _______ life. Now a new study suggests it may also be a weapon against obesity.

13、 Equivalence is an important objective for a translator to achieve and a ______ by which the quality of translation is judged as well.

14、 The horse was critically ill and in great pain, so his master had to give him a shot to ________ him of his misery.

15、 The fact that in the not-too-distant future China’s output of goods and services will ________ that of the US terrifies the US politicians, who have been trying to curb the growth of China.

16、 What lives together with the little prince on his planet is only a(an) _________ flower that needs constant care and protection.

17、 _______ markets, such as China, Brazil and Russia, are playing a major role in the present global economy and it is believed that the growth of the US economy will be led by them.

18、 The present target of the programmers is to make it possible to deploy the application to any of these environments without any ________.

19、 After experiencing many different kinds of jobs, he felt teaching was his _______. So he made up his mind to devote his whole life to the education of children.

20、 It is a miracle that when the western world has been grappling with the economic ______ starting from the 2008 financial crisis, Chinese economy continues growing at a high speed.

21、 She is still too young and easily seen through. She needs more time to master those little tricks with which people ________ their true feelings.

22、 The public have an insatiable __________ for scandal.

23、 I was ________ to find out that my problems were due to a genuine disorder.

24、 They’ll have to _________ their political differences and find a solution.

25、 The new start-up company _________ a large chunk of the market within a year.

26、 Regulations placed clear _________ on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant.

27、 It took them about one month to _________ how to start the equipment.

28、 When I went for my first _________ for this job I arrived extremely early.

29、 There’s been _________ response to the UN Secretary-General’s recent peace .efforts.

30、 The demand for places at some schools ________ the supply.

31、 We need someone who can _______ and respond to the change in the fashion industry.

32、 Evidence seems to suggest that the leaders of the ongoing protest are _________ with foreigners and selling the interests of their own country.

33、 Laptops and smartphones are said to be two of the most-stolen devices in the world because they are easy to carry, easy to __________ into money (or drugs!).

34、 On the surface, the encouragement of private foreign investment may not be ________ with our wish to be more self-reliant. Yet, we should realize that to be self-reliant, we need more help from outside.

35、 We do not know exactly how much _________ oil lies buried under the earth, but we do know that it is not inexhaustible and it is time to start exploring new sources of energy.

36、 The Chinese New Year celebration ________ on the 15th of the Lunar January with grand lantern shows and a dinner featuring Yuanxiao (sweet dumplings).

37、 When the earthquake suddenly struck, many houses in the region just ________ and people inside scarcely had any time to escape.

38、 When the society has become more open about people’s desire to be attractive, plastic surgery no longer has a negative __________.

39、 Name-calling and blaming are not _________ to the settlement of the dispute. We should sit down and have a serious talk.

40、 If we do not want to get ourselves into trouble, while travelling in a foreign land, we’d better ________ with the local laws and regulations.