.Mr. Black has been teaching English in a middle school _____ he came to China.

—What’s the matter with you, Sandy?
—I’m _____ a bad cold. I think I am dying.

— You didn’t have a good time at the party?
— No, I _____ a lot from the noise made by the band. 

Some parents are just too protective.They want to _______ their kids from every kind of danger,real or imagined.

Let’s _____ our personal feelings for now, and get to our business.

. —I'd love to join your visit to a local museum today, but I'm on a very tight ________．
—I've got a lot of work to do today.

I’m so glad you’ve come here to ______this matter in person.

Tony can hardly boil an egg, still ______cook dinner.

I will treasure the encounter with the famous director who may ______my life. 

---How do you look at the issue?
---My point is that our government _______ make the public aware of the seriousness of water shortage.