根据句意及各题括号中所给的汉语意思，从下面的方框中选取合适的单词或词组，用其适当的形式填空。

1．I was ill so he went to ________(参加)the meeting instead．

2．How much do you ________(挣得), if you don’t mind me asking?

3．New teachers have to earn/gain the ________(尊敬)of their students．

4．She finally ________(取得)her ambition to visit South America．

5．Prices have risen by a(n)(平均)of 4％over the past year．

6．Teaching such a parrot to speak was really a ________(具有挑战性的)task．

7．Anyone can get a gift ________(免费)from this shop during Christmas days．

8．Recently he’s been working a(n)________(额外的)two hours a day．

9．Corn can be ________(调制)in different ways．

10．The students are busily making ________(准备)for the coming examination．

11．You should leave early if you want to ________(避开)the rush hour．

12．It was interesting hearing about his ________(经历)as a policeman．

13．Tomato was ________(引进)into Europe from America．

14．We really ought to leave________(立即)．

15．Alone living in the foreign country for ten years, he missed his ________(以前的)friends at home．

16．He has ________(养成)the habit of making notes while reading．

17．The retired teacher ________(捐赠)half of his savings to the Hope Project．

18．They’re organizing a campaign to draw people’s ________(注意力)to the environmentally harmful effects of using their cars．

19．The class teacher was ________(满意的)with the progress his students had made．

20．We think, much to our ________(遗憾), that we will not be able to visit you next year．

21．Have you been ________(通知)of the meeting date and place?

22．My parents don’t ________(赞成)of me smoking．

23．Her relationship isn’t good with her father, but she’s very ________(亲近)to her mother．

24．There were at least three ________(代)－grandparents, parents and children －at the wedding．

25．Language study ________(需要)patience as well as good memory．