Shanghai native Charles Kao and two American scientists were __________ the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics yesterday.

We　 to try a second time,but he gave up.

Some 1,000 new words or usages join the English language each year. Some go into the dictionary. Others _______ from use.

Hand in hand with reading, Dave ____ the habit of making notes.

I phoned my first teacher time and again when I heard that he was ill, yet couldn’t_______