It was his laziness and his rudeness that ______ his success.

 I ______ the boy to save the money, but he would not listen to me.          

—How long have you been going to work on foot?—Since last month when I ________ from a heart attack.

 American women were______ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

(2014·江苏苏州六校联考)The train moved slowly from the station，but________speed as it reached the open country.