There is an obvious _________ between the cultures of the west and East.

My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a ________ of bad news.

I’d like to start my own business –that’s ________ I’d do if I had the money.    

________his dream of going to college will come true is uncertain.

The two ships came into ____ and 100 people were skilled.

The happy _______ of children playing in the garden disappears, and it is quite again.

—Americans spend more on health care than most other people .— You’re right . But a new study shows that life      in the United States is falling .

You’d better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future      .

My first _______ of him was that he was a kind and thoughtful young man.

Contrary to our ______, the Chinese Men’s Football Team lost to Iraq.

There seemed to be no human beings in that village, and the only ______ of life was a boat tied to a tree.

Scientists study ____ human brains work to make computers.

He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It’s just a matter of _____.

— Can I help you with it?— I appreciate your _______, but I can manage it myself.

The _______ of large supermarkets, such as Lianhua Supermarkets, has sounded the death knell（钟）of the local shops.

My father always shouts at me because he is a man with little _________.

The head office of the bank is in Beijing，but it has ______ all over the country.

The children have been playing with my hat and they have knocked it out of ______．

Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and entertaining, many people do not have the _______ to read a book that requires thinking.

When asked to try on new coats of different colors and styles, few men have the _____ with this treatment.