He came to my class every week, but his attitude ________ he was not really interested in the subject. 

All of us still remember the terrible earthquake that______Tangshan twenty years ago.

My parents expected too much of me. When they heard that I hadn’t passed the college entrance examination, they almost ______. 

—Did you sleep well last night? — No, the loud noise from the street ______ me awake for hours.

She put the sugar and butter into a bowl and ________ them up.