— How is your sister?— She _______ quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse today.

A horrible thought _________ him when he was waiting for Tom in the airport: what if the plane from Malaysia had been hijacked（劫持）?

China’s economic and social development requires more substantial reforms, as unnecessary government influence on the private sector has _______ an abuse of authority.

 I ______ the boy to save the money, but he would not listen to me.          

He was a bit nervous. He _________his spare breath with a soft sound that was almost heard by the audience.