Kids talk frequently about what they can do, __________ many adults do the opposite, tending to talk about what they can’t and why.

He sold his farm, _________ gaining enough money for his journey. 

---It is what parents say and do that really matters in children’s character training. ---______.

Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ______ or better than an actual performance.

I have got _____ work to do on a ______ cold day.         

What has he been doing _________? I haven’t seen him much recently.

Drunk driving used to occur _______, but now it is under control.  

Trees are good for human being. We can’t plant them __________ many.

--- I __________ agree with what he said. Actually I feel what he said is much to the point and makes good sense. --- Yes, I think so.

—Mom，dad is smoking again!—Well，let him cut it ________ gradually since old habits die hard.

（2010·宝鸡模拟） After watching the movie Avadar, Mary lay in bed with her eyes_______ open while all her family were_______asleep.

We hope to finish our experiment________.

You can’t get___________with being late every morning.

--- I merely made a joke with her, but she got angry. --- She _______ didn’t get it.

As the idea of low-carbon life is now _____ accepted, more and more people travel by public transport.

My parents always remind me to make sure the electricity is turned off while I am having a bath, which would _____________ cause danger, leading to a dreadful consequence.

Peng’s company makes __________700,000 yuan for each partnership it sets up and more importantly, benefits both local people and foreign countries.

The death toll of the quake in New Zealand is _____ 150, but officials say the figure won’t stand because they are still getting information in.

—The earthquake last night was really terrifying.—       , no people were injured or killed, and they escaped in time.

You can get off the bus one or two stops ________ and walk the rest of the way to work every day so as to take some exercise.