John is a man of much _______ and he had a lot of interesting _______ in his life.

This map is drawn to the _______ of one inch for 1000 miles, so you can find out how far it is from Beijing to Shanghai.

To the sea captain's surprise, he found that ________ travel could also be quite pleasant.

If you stand here, you’ll get a better      of the river.

Monkeys in the zoo started to show the flu _____ last Monday and altogether twenty have died up to now．