The foreigner tried his best, but he still couldn't make his point _____.

 The young man, ______ several attempts to break the world record in high jumping, decided to have another try.

"The president's report," a smile on his face, he continued, "___ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants' income．"

Sarah pretended to be cheerful,            nothing about the argument.

–He didn’t feel a bit nervous when _____. --No. He’d spent a lot of time _____ for it after all.