With so many people ______ around her, the girl felt very nervous and grasped her mother’s hand tightly.

You can use a large plastic bottle, ______ cut off, as a pot to grow flowers in. 

— How about the suggestion Prof. Smith put forward at the meeting last Friday? — The committee discussed it for hours without a decision _______. 

With trees and grass_____ about 35％ of the urban area，the city of Hefei has taken on a new look.

A devastating(毁灭性的) mudslide in northwest China's Gansu Province earlier in August killed at least 1,467 , with 298 still ___ .