Varieties of household goods are sold here, ____from babies’ toys to old men’s walking sticks. 

 He is thinking of           his business while his father is strongly against it for fear of the further positive effect of the global economic crisis. . 

The new-opened park is such a beautiful place that it is well worth_______.

_____ no spare parts, the equipment could not be repaired at once.

 –Should I keep what we talked about just now secret from Sofia? --She is our close friend, and deserves ____ the truth.

 _______ advantages and disadvantages, Mr. Smith decided to leave the company and go to the west to try his fortune.

The teacher spoke loudly in class so as to make herself ______clearly.

___in a heavy snow, the couple had to walk home, leaving their car behind.

___ she’s only a beginner of English, she’s speaking quite well.

A terrible earthquake broke out in Chile in February, _______ hundreds of people.

Some medicine, when wrongly____,can kill a person.

His mother always keeps telling him to ______ his table manners.

Five books on the shelf are found ______.

They stood _____ at each other as if they were enemies.

He risked _____ his job to see me off.

_____ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

His life is in such a mess as leads to _____ in an unpleasant cycle. 

A powerful earthquake, _____ a magnitude of 6.3, struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, and       at least 70 people.

He was puzzled by this phenomenon. He began to try every approach _________ the best way of working it out.

The headmaster spoke at the meeting for about 2 hours without ________ his notes．