1、 At rehearsal the next week, I was still getting __________ with media requests.

2、 It’s healing for us to hold the __________ that love will return in a different form sooner or later.

3、 After experiencing many hardships in her life, she became very sensitive. Even a harsh word would send her into the depths of __________.

4、 Proposals to __________ Iran’s gasoline imports, which account for 40 percent of its needs, have been advocated by various lawmakers in recent years.

5、 He has recognized that a key motivator for many people is the desire to feel important, which depends on the building of their self __________.

6、 The researchers have found a more efficient way to __________ essential oils from plants, which will be beneficial for the human being in the long run.

7、 There is convincing evidence of link between __________ to sun and skin cancer.

8、 This week, one of them will be __________ by the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States.

9、 The beetles __________ entirely on the undigested nutrients（养分）in the waste of herbivores (食草动物) like sheep, cattle and elephants.

10、 If you want your articles to arouse the readers’ interest, you have to design your title in a better way because the novelty of the titles can always __________ the readers.

11、 Mr. Norris said he was hopeful that his request would __________ a positive response some day in the future.

12、 Edward was __________ and taught himself programming to recreate the model for himself.

13、 Still, my parents are putting __________ pressure on me to attend her wedding.

14、 His home was damaged beyond repair, and for three days, he and his family lived in a shelter, each of them __________ on one bowl of rice per day.

15、 A Chinese Commerce Ministry trade negotiator said that Beijing __________ the unilateral trade actions by the U.S. and won’t negotiate as long as it insists on acting unilaterally.

16、 A fire __________ at the two-family home on Harvard Street in Quincy early Sunday morning.

17、 Long before homelessness became the issue it is today, the critic Clement Greenberg __________ the term “homeless representation” to put down paintings that were not abstract enough.

18、 Women in the United States were 26% more __________ than men to experience identity theft in 2008.

19、 Mix sour cream and vinegar together, and gently __________ into cucumbers.

20、 The damage is __________ undetermined.

21、 On the one hand, mood can be a response to environment. On the other hand, it can also change the way we __________ the world around us.

22、 The report stated that pregnant or breast-feeding women should __________ from eating any whale meat which would be harmful to the health of their babies.

23、 Although she had a lot of experience as a television reporter, she was still __________ to camera nerves（紧张）.

24、 Flood water in Pakistan now covers more than a fifth of this country, which is not expected to __________ until the end of August.

25、 If you have any __________ about this insurance, please contact our call center. We will provide you with any information to remove your doubts.

26、 Climate change is a very __________ issue in terms of the quantity of media coverage and political attention, but it’s not the only ecological concern which should be on our list.

27、 Once this social map is in place, it becomes a __________ mechanism for spreading information.

28、 After the problem arose, the scientists were constantly __________ how to find out a way to solve it.

29、 In big cities, the glass curtain walls may be a potential cause of fire, especially in dry sunny days, which is a serious problem to __________ the firefighting work.

30、 Aid agencies（援助机构）warned that, without emergency food and shelter, millions of citizens could __________.

31、 The new tax laws were rammed through __________ of the opposition of the majority of the people.

32、 Some kinds of software even enable users to __________ at as many as 200 computers at the same time. Users can also read documents in those computers.

33、 This animal looks very __________, with long snout and canines (犬齿).

34、 Everyone was weeping by the time he had finished his tale about the __________ orphan.

35、 The politicians used different tactics to achieve their aim, ranging from __________ bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.

36、 The outstanding female physicist and chemist, Marie Curie, was __________ the Nobel Prize twice for her great contribution to physics and chemistry.

37、 It is known to all that the unemployment is still __________ in most of the European countries. It is urgent for the governments to find out prompt solution to it.

38、 Once you start eating a whole healthy diet, your cravings for junk food will almost completely __________.

39、 Many people who donated goods or money to the infected area claimed to remain __________. What they did moved us deeply.

40、 A helicopter and some dog teams were used to __________ houses, parking areas and open spaces, but no one was found.