(2014·江苏苏州六校联考)The train moved slowly from the station，but________speed as it reached the open country.

The support of the students ______ the losing team and they played harder, so in the end they won the game.

In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.

To my amazement, that man ______ the flood and afterwards he became rich. But he ______ his wife and children and lived abroad.

Many single parents      with the dilemma of dividing time between work and children。