His pronunciation is better, for he kept ______ a short passage after the tape every morning.

My car alarm is always______ whenever my neighbor's cat goes under my car.

Thanks to those brave firemen,the big fire was      soon.

—I prefer        at home        on such a rainy day. —So do I.

A: Can I _______ a book from you? B: Certainly. But you mustn’t ______ it to others. And please remember you can only ______ it for a week.