41. It wears me ______ to look after these naughty grandchildren of mine for a whole day.　

40. We want our children to know that hard work pays ______.　

39. Although the working mother is very busy, she still devotes a lot of time ______ children.

38. The gentleman does not join______the argument but watches the other guests.　　　

37. A good writer must connect what he writes_____ what has happened around him.

36. The English evening party turned ________ a great success.　

35. After the meeting, I set ______ to write a report on our next term’s work.　　　

34. Twenty people were expected, but only ten turned ______.　 　　　

33. We had a good many anxious moments but everything turned ______all right in the end.

32. He looked through as many daily newspapers as he could to find______ what they said about his latest book.