56. “So long as there's something to ______, we will give people their money back,” said a spokeswoman for the Bank.

55. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without ______ it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well.

54. Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds ______ of diamonds.

53. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully______ on a background of black velvet.

52. The journalist immediately set out to ______ these important facts, but the took a long time to send them. 　Meanwhile, the editor was getting ______, for the magazine would soon go to press.

51. Last year a journalist had been ______by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.