The dictionary is of great use to me. I would gladly have paid       for it.

---I      for London to attend a meeting tomorrow. The plane      at 10:20 am.

---Have a good journey!

---Would you mind if I smoked here?

---______,but smoking is not allowed in the office.

Seen from the top, the stadium looks just like a bird’s nest    of tree branches.

______I went to Guiling,I was fascinated by its natural scenery.

It seems that there are       people out of work. Something must be done to solve the problem.

It’s the second time that I          in Beijing. What great changes! It’s years since I

      here last time.

Joan’s mother thought it would be good for her character to      from home and earn some money on her own.

As is known to all,the water in the sea______much salt.

Two men, both seriously ill, were in the same hospital room. One man was allowed to _16_ up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was _17_ the room’s only window. The other man on the other side of the room had to _18_ all his time lying on his back in bed.

Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up he _19_ pass the time by describing to his _20 all the things he could see outside the window. “The window overlooks a _21_ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans play on the water _22_ children sail their model boats. Young lovers walk _23_ among flowers of every colour. Grand old trees grace(装扮) the landscape, and a fine _24_ of the city skyline can be seen in the distance.” As the man by the window _25_ all this in detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and _26_ the scene.

Days and weeks passed. On morning, the day nurse came only to find the man by the window had died _27_ in his sleep. When the man’s body was _28_, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the _29_. The nurse agreed and after making sure he was _30_, she left. Slowly and painfully, the man raised himself _31_ to take his first look at the _32_ world outside by himself. But to his _33_, he found it faced nothing _34_ a blank wall.

In fact, the man by the window was _35_ and could not even see the wall. He just wanted to encourage his roommate.