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

At times, worrying is a normal________ to a difficult event or situation—a loved one being_______ in an accident, for example.

Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first ________.

—I am feeling cold.—To have some hot soup will ________.

As a doctor , it’s against my ______ to accept gifts from patients.