At the end of last year, New York’s stock market fell, ________a global financial crisis. 

---What are you reading, Tom? --- I’m not really reading, just _____ the pages.

The moment the people of London heard that their city had won the bid for the 30th Olympic Games, they ________ cheers.

Mrs. Smith has _________ all the shampoo, so she’ll have to buy some more.

Hard work ______ success while failure often ______ laziness.