My mother insisted that my father should buy a piano for me, and finally he managed to finance   ______.

For quite a few students, their teacher’s advice is more important than _______ of their parents’.

The old lady, ____ had been killed in the war, was given help by the local government.

 —Is _______ ready for the picnic?—No, _______ is wrong with my bike. I can’t go bike riding with you.

Culture shock often comes as _____surprise to most people the first time they experience it in one form or        ..