Someone says that love is a rose with thorns（刺）. It is attractive from a ______, but as soon as you touch it, you might get hurt.

He lost his ______and fell off his bicycle.

Due to the violent nuclear leakage, the _____ of the electricity supplies put Japan’s northeastern cities in a sate of chaos.

What ______ will it ______ whether you are a boy or a girl ? As long as you set your mind to it, nothing can be difficult. 

The restaurant has become popular for its wide range of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.

I must have been a great _____ to my parents in those hard days, for I never failed to live up to their expectations.

It’s a major         for Obama and his national security team, to fulfill the goal once voiced by Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, to bring to justice the mastermind （设计者）of the 9-11 attacks.

He always takes full _____ of the mistakes made by his rivals(对手) to win the election.

I lost my ______ and fell off the bike.

–What took you so long? –I got lost. I have no sense of direction.

Englishmen usually don’t ask each other about ___ affairs.

In fact, smokers know that smoking has a bad ________on their health, but they just can’t stop it.

As is known to us all, our Chinese government is now making every         to stop the house price from growing too fast.

—Believe it or not, last month in America I came across the girl whose photo was in the drift bottle got three years ago .   —Really？That’s the most surprising          I’ve ever heard of！

He is ___ with the striking workers.

She listened attentively while he poured out all his ____ for the future.

—Can you hit that bird with your gun, Tom?—No！It is out of the ________of my gun.

He was ready to take the________ of being drowned himself to save the drowning child.

Mind your ____, and thank your friend when you leave the party.

The children are full of ______. They have been playing all day long without resting.