—Beg your pardon, but I didn’t quite catch what you said.—Oh, I         to myself.

—Do you feel like going to the cinema tonight?—Sorry, I ’ m so tired．I ____an early night．

—Though it __________ in the desert most of the year, people still live there.—That’s the case. They say east or west home is the best.

If we ________ now to protect our mother river ---Li Jiang River , we ‘ll live to regret it.

It took her a long time to ______ the skills she needed to become a famous player