Although the living standards of Chinese people have greatly improved, most poor families in China spend      50% of their income on food.

In 1979, Adrian was so badly affected by his wife’s death the he tried to        drown his sorrow with alcohol.

Due to the policy of free highway fees on major holidays, too many passenger cars are trapped on the highways, causing heavy traffic jams, some even _________ for several hours.

Many people are beginning to reflect on why we pay so much to study abroad and what kind of consequences it will ________.

(2013·安徽，33)It's said that the power plant is now________large as what it was.