Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

The earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai Province damaged many houses and business buildings； _______, it caused more than 1,000 deaths.

 The students are ___ young people between the ages at between the age of sixteen and twenty.

If you say that someone is ________ for a shock or a surprise you mean that they are going to experience it.

—Could you tell Jerry the manager is wanting him when you see him? —Sure, I will _______ I see him.