（2014年(春)重庆市高三考前冲刺测试卷）8.  Asia ______ the popularity of South Korean culture that has been flooding other countries since turn of the century.

It is reported that many a new house ____ at present in the disaster area in Gansu Province.

They made up their mind that they______ a new house once Larry changed jobs.

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuming than we______.

----Tony, why are your eyes red?
---I __ up peppers for the last five minutes.

—How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing?
—Well, the media ________ it in a variety of forms.

Whenever you     a present, you should think about it from the receiver’s point of view.

Since the time humankind started gardening, we _____to make our environment more beautiful.

The reports went missing in 2012 and nobody _____them since.

Unless some extra money________, the theatre will be close.