—Which skirt do you prefer, Lucy?

— _______ I'm concerned, the purple one is better.

The 30th Olympic Games, _______ between July 27 and August 12 in 2012, will take place in London.

The dancers, all of _______ masks came off suddenly, gave us a great surprise.

       most parents care about is to provide the best education for their children.

— You must be looking forward to your trip to Sydney.

— Yes. I         wait any longer.

Isn’t it lovely to think that I ________ myself on the sunny beach tomorrow at this time.

You’d better book the tickets in advance; _______ we may miss the concert.

As the night is falling, a long queue stood at the bus stop, nervously expecting _______ .

— Hey, you haven't been acting like yourself. Everything OK?

— _______ .

RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY

When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a  36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is  37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would  38 every bit of the food on their plates.

As I was hungry, my local colleague  39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not  40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of  41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we  42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were  43 about us wasting so much food.

“We  44 for our food; it is none of your  45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them  46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in  47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro  48 . The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order  49 you can consume. Money is yours,   50 the resources belong to the society. You have no  51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our  52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly  53 to the officer.

My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all  54 it to remind us that we should never be  55 .