---Have you finished the report?
--Sorry. It was so noisy in the office that I couldn’t________ down to write anything.

—Robert is indeed a wise man.
—Oh, yes. How often I have regretted ______ his advice!

It is reported that the government has ____ the outbreak of violence by sending a large group of soldiers to police the area.

A round moon in the sky _____ an attack of homesickness to Li Bai and then came the poem, A Tranquil Night.

The police _______ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.

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

I had intended to go on a diet, but the dishes at the party were simply impossible to _______ .

While these activities might cause laughter ______ respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength.

You can imagine what great trouble we had ______ the new school.

After several rounds of the Voice of China Competition, Ji Ke Jun Yi _______ because of her excellent voice and performance.