The past 30 years has ______ the great changes that have taken place in China.

When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ___ up, her voice had been full of life

Lan Lan _______her pace of walking home fearing that it was going to rain.

He ______ his sister to give up the plan for cycling along the Mekong River, but failed. 

(2013·高考江西卷)She________the carpet with some very nice curtains in colour.