1、 To attract foreign investors, you have to _______ them that their investment will have profitable returns.

2、 Mediterranean region is expanding operations into neighboring countries such as Israel, Greece and Georgia, particularly by providing a full package of project and structured finance services which________the Belt and Road Initiative.

3、 I want to________my highest congratulations and respect to the Chinese team, given their outstanding performances and remarkable achievements in the sport.

4、 Large-scale studies are needed to _________ the encouraging results we have obtained so far.

5、 Whoever disobeys the company’s safety regulations shall be _______ on the spot.

6、 All the questions the police asked _______ what she had been doing on the night of the robbery.

7、 Our system has been designed to give the user quick and easy _______ to the required information.

8、 Many young women do aerobics（增氧健美操）every day in their________ to achieve the perfect body.

9、 Clara was _______ to sell her late husband’s paintings to pay her debts.

10、 She was wringing her hands in________.

11、 This is a very formal occasion. It is not appropriate to wear _______ pants or skirts.

12、 I don’t think I can ever _______ my teachers for their devoted work, but I can in my turn to do my best for my students.

13、 The professor _______ the whole chapter, saying it was not difficult for us to study it by ourselves.

14、 Market participants need only know what goods are offered or demanded and at what prices to ________ with one another.

15、 Once upon a time, Americans thought that if they worked hard enough even in the face of ________, they would be rewarded with success.

16、 The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a ________ analysis of tissue samples.

17、 He is a player that has no ________ and there is nobody to compare with him in the world market.

18、 We write to ________ our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and appreciate their heritage.

19、 Young students should develop a broad _______ of interests, which their parents should encourage and support as best as possible.

20、 Most Chinese parents would prefer to choose some professions that are stable and could bring _______ and economic benefits.

21、 He has been _______ by a horrible disease, from which one of his best friends died two weeks ago.

22、 It is understandable that the health and welfare of their family is a(n、 _______ concern for this young couple.

23、 The economic situation has been worsening, causing economists to _______ whether the present policies are sustainable.

24、 However, your current losses should soon be _______ by gains; the fund will produce a positive return of 11.6 percent over a nine-month period.

25、 The habit of going to coffee houses was _______by the city's relatively small size, safe streets, good public transportation, and moderate climate.

26、 In general, smokers living in cities are slightly more _______ to lung cancer than smokers who are living in the country.

27、 Though she lost the title of female world swimming champion last year, she_______ it this year when she gave it all she could.

28、 Darwin's thinking both drew upon and_______ the conventional ideas of his time.

29、 Some parents would________their children’s dreams as worthless and force them to give up their dreams.

30、 Would you say that parents are the most________people in our lives?

31、 If you have the kind of job that requires you to be instantly available, wear a pair of noise-canceling headphones to drown out office________.

32、 It is all very well to________people to give more to charity when they have less, but is it really fair?

33、 The Antarctic is the world’s last great________.

34、 The newspaper reports of starving children________me.

35、 The Catholic Church has played a________role throughout Polish history.