1、 Courageous people think quickly and act without (hesitation).

2、 Mr. Johnson (evidently) regarded this as a great joke.

3、 Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed (incredible) 50 years ago.

4、 The company has the right to (end) his employment at any time.

5、 Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily (put up) for a month or a year for a single day.

6、 The (receding) prices of these stocks sent many investors panicking and despairing.

7、 Although business (slumped) after the holidays, shop owners began to prepare for the next one.

8、 Teachers of elementary schools are giving more weight to (nurturing) a student's talent in China.

9、 I'm afraid there are people in the world who (literally) do not know how to boil water.

10、 These veterans still remember the (rigorous) discipline and hard training in these camps.