In spite of the fact that soccer is the most popular international sport, it isn’t what most girls ________.

According to the original design, the plant would be able to _______ at least 8,000 pianos a year.

—Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week. —Sorry, sir, but I was ____ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.

Reportedly, yesterday a group of American soldiers were walking along the road in Iraq when a bomb was _______, three of whom were killed.

 All the students in our class are working hard every day, and the result _____ to be good in the coming examination.

You may ______ it that Jennifer will come and help us if we are in trouble.

The computer system _____suddenly while he was surfing the Internet. 

If you don’t pay your electricity bill, it will be _______.

He stayed up too late every night,______ to catch up with his classmates.

She started singing to the baby and was ____ with a smile.

If a person has not had enough sleep,his actions will give him ___ during the day.

Her son,to whom she was so_____,went abroad ten years ago.

He told me that his request for a rise had been _____.

You can’t predict everything. Often things don't_______ as you expect. 

The two friends had a quarrel about money, but shortly afterwards they shook hands and ________. 

Words failed to ________ my feelings the moment I saw my long-lost sister.

—What happened to him? —He was _____ of stealing the ring at the party last night, and the police were looking into the matter.

Your handwriting is really too bad to read; I can hardly _____ what exactly you are trying to say.

I don’t like people who try to _______ you with how much money they’ve got.

When he was driving home, he was stopped by the policeman and was _______ of speeding.