This custom　　　the seventeenth century.

The two presidents　　　　an immediate top meet to solve the difficult matters between the two nations.

　　　her blond prettiness,she was smart and helpful.

Mary never　　　 ideas for clever party decorations.

He received $10　　　a couple of house of work.

He did all he could _____ . 

The young man _____ a lot of money _____ me. The young man _____ me _____ a lot of money. 

 Her parents _____ her to take some exercise but without result. Her parents _____ her taking some exercise but without result. 

Mr Black _____ his wife to teach their child a lesson. So he did. 

The boy you lent the pen to _____ it. 

What he has learned through practice before _____ him a lot in his future work. 

The Whites came here to buy some clothes and _____ on an old friend of theirs. 

The teacher's eyes, without any expression, _____ the boy who made faces. 

Some of the rubbish, such as food, paper and iron, _____ away over a long period of time. 

At five she was _____ by her mother, who was a famous dancer when young, to go into training. 

The students are _____ to hand in the exercises before class. 

 —How are you getting on with your business?—I’m glad to say it is _____.

—Where do Dr. Kleitman and his assistant come from?—I’m not sure, but their English _____Australia.

 Having my passenger in my car, I just wondered how I could _____the station since there was a traffic jam ahead.

 Darkness _____, so we had to stop our journey and stayed on a farm for the night.