When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not      .

They didn’t think I could    that expensive car, but in fact, I was quite able to. 

I tried phoning Maggie’s office in the morning, but I couldn’t _____ .

Thanks to Mrs Smith, the father and the son eventually ______after ten years’ cold relationship between them.

The engine of the car went out of order and the bad weather _____ the helpless of the driver.