1. __________  with the best students, I still have a long way to go.

2. The music of the film  _________  by him sounds so ___________  .

3.   __________  against the coming hurricane, they dared not leave home.

4. In  __________  countries, you can't always make yourself  _______ by speaking English.

5.  After  _____________  the old man, the doctor suggested that he  ___________  a bad cold.

6. _____________ , Tom jumped into the river and had a good time in it.

7. ________ how to read the new words, I often look them up in the dictionary.

8. As his parent, you shouldn't have your child  ___________  such a book.

9. He returned from abroad  ______________  that his mother had been badly ill.

16.______ to see a film with us today?

17.I'm sorry, but I had no alternative. I simply ______ what I did.

18."Time is running out,______?"

19.No one ______ that to his face.

20.The students in the classroom ______ not to make so much noise.

21.You ______ last week if you were really serious about your work.

22.The elephants ought ______ hours ago by the keepers.

23."I wonder why they're late." "They ______ the train."

24."Tom graduated from college at a very young age."  "He ______ have been an outstanding student."

25.You ______ the examination again since you had already passed it.

26.He is really incompetent! The letter ______ yesterday.

27.The boy told his father that he would rather ______ an astronaut.

28.When we reached the station, the train had still not arrived; so we ______.

29.Since your roommate is visiting her family this weekend,_____ you like to have dinner with us tonight?

30.He was afraid what he had done ______ a disastrous effect on his career.