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She wondered whether to ...... on Jacbob on the way home

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We knew it was time to leave the club when a fight broke _________ between guys at the bar

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I tried to patch _________ my dispute with Marcy, but she isn't ready to forgive me

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After she had been droning on for nearly five minutes, I just had to cut her .........

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People talk about the generation gap as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is generally a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results (43) complaints on both side. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are (44) ______ and disobedient and in addition tend to be irresponsible when spending because they don’t appreciate the (45) ______ of money. Adolescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don’t understand them. What has gone wrong? One explanation lies in (46) ______society has changed. In the past, children would typically continue the way of life of their parents. In today’s world, parents are very (47) ______ for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that the children often don’t agree with their parents’ plans. Teenagers also reach maturity at an earlier age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides

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People of different countries have quite different life styles. We American are wasteful people, (25) _______ saving. Our grandfathers began this pattern, for nature’s resources seemed so plentiful that no one ever imagined a shortage. Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their houses when they were ready to move to west. They only wanted to have the nails for (26) _______ use. No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods that went up in smoke. We the people in the United States destroy many things that other peoples save. I (27) _______ this when I was living in Britain. I received a letter from one of England’s largest banks. It was enclosed in a used envelop that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be (28) _______ in the United States. American banks, (29) _______ the smallest, always use expensive stationery with the names of all twenty-eight vice-presidents listed on one side of the page

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What are they saying about the art theft is pure ______; nobody knows who did it

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When he was 8 years old, he had an accident and broke .................... leg.

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Thanks to everyone's efforts, we can do ____ to make school a meaningful place for students living in poverty

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She begged with me ____ more fat and ____ more vegetables instead

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Since they aren't answering their telephone, they___________

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I speak English terribly. I wish I______English well

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Once ....... as the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO, Phong Nha – Ke  Bang National Park attracts a great number of visitors worldwide

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As of next week, all workers will be _____ to wear hard hats while operating the forklifts

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Charles Dickens is ___________ as one of the greatest names in English literature

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I’m not surprised she _____________ offence at his remarks

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I would rather I ….. my phone at home yesterday

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It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (46) _____ institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (47) _____, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (48) _____ the cause of natural events just by the power of thought. During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (49) _____ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (50) _____ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born

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Will you ________ here for ten years by the time of the Christmas party?

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We would like to remind all our guests __________ their keys at reception before they depart

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_______ he is more than 65 years old now, he is still quite active