I found a bucket, ______ it in the sink and turned the tap on. 

He ______ his sister to give up the plan for cycling along the Mekong River, but failed.

I had planned to invite Tom to the party to increase the atmosphere, but it turned out that his arrival ____ the atmosphere.

Eric felt the bag brought back by his parents, curious to know what it              .?

--- How did you like Nick’s performance last night?
--- To be honest, his singing didn’t ___________________ to me much.

Zhao Benshan，whose overwork  ________  his health failure，is said to have performed in．the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV in 2011．

Bob looked back only to find an old classmate whose name ________ him for the moment.

Steve Jobs’ death _______ quickly and soon became the talk of the whole world.

Though ________ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

They were surrounded by the enemy, but finally they _____ out of the encirclement.