It’s a common _______ that a person will be sentenced to death if he or she commits murder in China.

Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses, all exactly alike.

Peter is a brilliant language leaner. Within two weeks, he has developed a good _______ of Chinese and Japanese. 

The failure has a great         on him, for he is in low spirits these days.

Johnson is an honest businessman. Our company and his have had a lot of ______ in the past few years.