The fact that so many people still smoke in public place ___that we may need nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the risks of smoking.

There is no need for you to look up every new word you _____ when reading. You have to learn how to guess the meanings of new words according to the context.

—What did John say about leaving the city?—He said he disliked the place so he had no _____ about leaving so soon.

I don’t think Rosemary will be upset about it, but I’ll go to see her in case she _______.

Everyone in the village hoped that he would ________ after a few days’ treatment.

Didn’t it ever________ to you that one day you would be fired because of your carelessness?

It’s very important for a student to ________ a good state of mind while taking the college entrance examination.

For many years, people________ electric cars. However, making them has been more difficult than predicted.

I’m going to see what Dad is________. Two hours is a long time to take over a coffee.

Every means ______ tried but without much result.

He insisted that hesuffer from heart trouble, but I didn’t think so.

The accident      to the man who        to be a foreigner, so it was hard to deal with.

After several days of social activities, I decided to       _ on my research on the human behaviors. 

—Did you make sense of what the man said just now?—No, his meaning didn’t         . Would you explain it to me? 

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _______ the shocking ending.

What surprised me was not what he said but       he said it.

— Jimmy had a lot of parties recently. — Yes, that might       why he didn’t do well in the test.

The manager had something more important to do, as a result he couldn’t     here this evening.

  Thanks to Mrs Black, the father and the son eventually        after ten year’s cold relationship between them.

 —I came all the way to inform you of the time and place of the meeting. —You could have         yourself the trouble by calling me.