The police ________ the lost child and tried to find his parents.

Eating too much fat can ______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

 Teenagers are damaging their health because they often ______ themselves to so many electric products.

Born into a family with three brothers, David was        to value the sense of sharing.

She told her husband that she couldn’t _______ the rest of the housework without his help.

 He is a successful businessman and he ___ his success more to luck than to ability.

---Bob looks upset. What has happened to him? ---Perhaps his failure to the exam___ his low spirits.

In the most web citizens’ opinion, we should __ Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Warriors and Horses (秦始皇兵马俑)rather than dig them out again.

It is known to all that Jackson __________ the title “outstanding singer of his generation.

After a day’s work, she felt exhausted. She____ herself on the bed, unwilling to do housework. 

Lauren Smith was completely_____ in watching TV, so she didn’t hear the step downstairs.

After his father died, the boy was _______ by his devoted mother, who attached importance to his education. 

No matter who breaks the law, he cannot _______ with it. 

Reasonable analysis as well as imagination is           scientific discoveries.

 -----I think you            us an explanation. -----I will prove what I have done is right and I mean no harm.

 The committee           scientists and engineers has been set up.

 Yahoo recently announced to ________ 2,000 employees, about 14% of the company’s workforce, aiming to save $375 million annually. 

---Have you finished the report?---Oh, sorry. It was so noisy in the office that I couldn't _______ down to write anything.

When I got home, the clock was _______ seven.

— Can you __ what these characters on the rock are?— Not really.