They ______ him to prepare for the coming exam, but he spent all day playing computer games.

She doesn’t mind being ____ as long as there are enough books to read.

Between 1990 and 1992, there were more than 1,000 closedowns in that industry, all of which _____job losses.

---What’s your favorite music, by the way?
--- I really ______ progressive jazz.

Due to bad weather，the police had to      the search for the missing boy.

It’s said that the team            twelve top European players．

Do you think our great ship will         the hurricane?

-How many chapters does the book have?
-It ____ three chapters.

The old woman insisted that the book Mr. Thopson talked about ________.

The lift _____ and we were trapped inside it.