My grandma still treats me like a child. She can’t imagine        grown up.

 — Did you know any Chinese, Joyce, before you arrived in Beijing? — In fact, never _______ it.

But for their help, we ____ the program in time．

The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.

Though we found _____difficult to avoid economic and financial crisis, we must take measures to reduce its negative impact.