For a long time they walked without saying ____ word. Jim was the first to break ____ silence.

The big earthquake is _____ terrible blow to Japanese and people from all over the world feel _____ pity for them.

Something else I’ve greatly enjoyed is working as _____ peer mediator, someone who helps _____ students to settle problems that they have with other students.

As the most acute one in _______ history of all epidemics, the Spanish Flu had ______ tendency to strike the young and fit rather than the old.

My cousin Gorge went to Shanghai in _____ twenties in ____ 1980s, and has lived there ever since.

______ important thing in life is to have a great aim, and ______ determination to  attain it.

The development of industry has been ____ gradual process throughout ______human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.

Did you watch _______ 8 o’clock news this morning? _______ plane with 100 passengers crashed into a mountain.

As a businessman he was a success, but as a husband he was ______failure, so their marriage ended in______ failure.     

The police have ____ power to deal with such matters by ____ law．