--Are you getting a new car this year?--You must be joking! I can’t afford to pay my bills, ________ buy a new car.

The manager urged older staff ____early retirement and new staff _______ more time for work.

Fu Mingxia _______ the Sydney Olympic Games, where she _________ all the other competitors and got the gold medal in the women’s 10-metre platform．

Mr． Smith _______ $100,000 for the car, so I had to give up．

French _________ English _________ having gender(性的区别) for all nouns.

Faced with the crisis(危机), the government _________ calm and took timely measures.

In autumn, leaves turn yellow and _________ the trees.

We are lucky to be among the generation of people who have ________ and experienced the great social changes in our country.

The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.

Share prices on the Stock Exchange fell sharply in the morning but _______ slightly in the afternoon.

We had waited for a long time before the famous singer     .

He was in hospital for a year. He felt as if he was from the outside world. 

I had       to visit my uncle living the center of the city, but he was out when I got there.

After trying many times , they had to      the hope of saving the seriously-wounded elephant.

The couple         some money every month for their children even though their income can only make ends meet.

She has a gift for communication and should be        as a tour guide.

With so much noise of the traffic, I couldn’t ____ and do my research work.

The suggestion brought up by Jane was ____ because none of us was in favor of it.

Although they lost their jobs, saving and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ____ their comfortable home．

But someday, all the work we have done will ____; we will go to college and go on to’have a suitable job．