Her childhood dream became a _______ when she broke the 100m race world record．

This map is drawn to the _______ of one inch for 1000 miles, so you can find out how far it is from Beijing to Shanghai.

In many ways China’s rapid growth has been seen as a(n) ______ to improve the cooperation with other countries.

It is the        in China that people often shake hands when they meet someone for the first time. 

Fortunately, rescuers were able to gain         to the disaster-hit area soon enough.

Although the average reader spends more than 4, 000 pounds on books in their lifetime, 55 percent say they buy them for decoration and have no____of reading them．

I’d like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you for your help.

His ______ towards work left us a good impression. 

Professional and skilled as she is in drama, there are ______ when she can make some funny mistakes while acting in a movie.

Clearness of______is more important than beauty of language.

He eats hardly enough to keep body and _____together.

This law which has just been passed is a that the government will pay more attention to protecting wildlife．

If you see Jack please give my __________ to him for not having written to him.

These new books are a very welcome _________ to the school library.

The two parties are holding the talk in a friendly________ at present. Hopefully，they will reach an agreement.

Before graduation, we had got a lot of practical _____ by doing a part-time job in the factory and it was really ______ for all of us.

English-born Paul made_____across the globe after he correctly forecast how Germany would fare(进展) in seven matches in the World Cup.

These new facts, together with other         ,prove the prisoner guiltless(无罪的).

She spoke ill of him out of ______.

The old man gave ______ on behalf of an accused person.