I bought a new type of cell-phone, which was the ____ of all my classmates.

In rencent years, China and the USA have been a lot of_____of views about the same problem. 

Being able to speak another language fluently is a great ________ when your’re looking for a job.

Next week there will be a basketball match between the ________ and the ________of our school. 

At the sight of the scene of war, my _____ race back more than 50 years to the dark days of 1940.