3.As the years passed， many occasions--- birthdays， awards， graduations ____ with Dad’s flowers. 

The teacher told the students that they______ to be useful men to the country. 

(2014·银川一中第四次考试)When I was very young，I was terribly frightened of school，but I soon________it.

Kathy ______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

Everybody tried to help those people ________by the recent earthquake.    (    )