There is a ______ table in the middle of the room.

Journalists should always be     in what they write.

Compared with her sisiter, Jerry is even more _______ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.

The _____house smells as if it hasn’t been lived in for years.

Recent efforts towards the greening of our cities have achieved much,although the results are still  far from____.  

 Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained ________; people are still looking for other possible solutions.

Can you tell the ________ difference between the words “require” and “request”? I sometimes get puzzled by their meanings.

The research lacks  evidence, and therefore, its conclusions are doubtful.

Several hours later, with the help of the police, the students managed to escape from the dangerous situation, ______.

What ______ me was that there was a ______ look on her face due to the ______ problem.

The secretary arranged a(n)___________time and space for the applicants to have an interview.

Natural disasters occur at ________ times, so it is always difficult to warn people in advance.

Many doctors complain that they don’t have ______ working hours, for they have to wait for patients all day long in the hospital.

While there are some differences in the educational systems in many countries in the world, education itself is ______.

Tom is _______ learning English. To learn it well, he abandons all his hobbies.

It was a really_____experience. Afterwards everybody was very_____ .

The Yangtze River is almost          the Pearl River.

This restaurant wasn't        that other restaurant we went to.

The result is not very important to us, but if we do win, then so much _______.

Be _______ — you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.