18. ---- Are you free after school?
---- Sorry. I’ve planned to treat a friend of mine to dinner _______for his help.

16. ---- How long has this church been in service?
----_________1682, I’m afraid.

15. _______ the day went on, the weather got worse, which made it impossible for them
to go down the mountain.

32. An online survey at sina.com suggested more than four in five said the present rules would not be effective _______ the rising housing prices.

29.____________ the news, so far, has been good, there may be bad days ahead.?

       all kinds of difficulties，the workers have made rapid progress in the construction of
the World Expo 2010 Shanghai．

-- When do you need to pay the balance?
-- ______  December 31.

32．—Mr Jack appears very charming in public, talkative, kind, generous, enthusiastic…
—Oh, enough! ___________, he is rather cold and rude to his family members.

22．Somalia pirates, mainly made up of four groups,_______________,Puntland Group, National. Volunteer Coast Guad, Merkah and Somalia Marine, are currently active in the Somali waters.

14．The picture looks very beautiful _____ the light wall．