On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.
  

He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

 _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

_____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!
 

With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.
  

The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.

If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.

Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____  without scientific basis.

I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.

A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.

 The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎).

These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.

 All foreign visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations in this area.

Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

 Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.

In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.

 Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations.

I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.

 Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

 American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
 

Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.

Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

 One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

 They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.
  

We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.

The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.

 He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.

When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.

Your help is _____ for the success of the project.

 _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.

Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.

 We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
   A. run over    B. smooth over    C. pass off    D. turn down

Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.

He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.

"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"
         "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."

People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.