The samples__________in quality but were general acceptable．

Billy kept asking his mother whether he could go to the movies and she          at last.

When the dog attacked me, I _________ myself with a stick.

I was just talking to Margot when Jackson ____.

Jane got up at 7, dressed and made herself up, and then        herself in the mirror before going to work.

---Why was Mr. Li so happy this morning?
---Because he was        with an award for excellence in teaching.

I ______ her to work hard at English, but she didn’t listen to me.

When the question _____ at the meeting, no one could answer it.

--- Have you _____ him to give up the job?
--- Yes, I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.

Doctors ___ the old man not to smoke so much, but he just couldn’t give it up.