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

— It is around 100 years, known to us all, ______ the first modern Olympic Games was held.— It really is. But were _____ ?

The samples__________in quality but were general acceptable．

It was his laziness and his rudeness that ______ his success.

He was in poor health，so the doctor________him to drink wine.