The salespeople said they hadn’t overcharged customers, but the police’s report showed that the practice did ______.

The number of students in our school _________ by 5 % every year.

All around them was only the white snow and the night; they were ____________ from the rest of the world and were conscious only of each other.

The Chinese government has made great efforts to ______ the gap between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.

The old man asked the children to _____ to each other near the campfire so that he could start telling his story at once.

The recent stories in this magazine, _____ one of yours, have been ____ in the list
of the best ones.

Don’t ______ life’s small joys while searching for the big ones.

Do you think you could ______ his voice on the phone?

The atmosphere of the earth ______ us from the strong sun light.

All his friends and relatives came to ______ him on his daughter’s being admitted to Qin Hua University.