On this important feast day, people eat food in the ______ of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them．

I’m trying to break the _______ of getting up too late .

On New Year’s Eve,New York City holds an outdoor __________ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.

 I don't think the charge for overhauling （大修）the equipment is excessive in _____ to its size.

The stronger the ___________ is, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language. That is to say, it is up to whether he has an interest in the foreign language.