He got up quickly as soon as the alarm clock _______.  

He looked at the envelope(信封) and _____ Jenny’s handwriting immediately. 

Last week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to _______ the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later.

（2014年安徽省合肥市高三第三次教学质量检测）24. The local government wants to ______ the character of the town while redesigning and developing it.

The babysitter was________by the demands of her young charges and she just wanted to lie on bed and have a rest.