Although Xiamen is a gorgeous city, Harry still decided that he would drive all the way home instead of _____ at a hotel for the night.

At the last moment, Tom decided to ________ a new character to make the story seem more likely. 

 It is obvious that the hopes, goals, fears and desires _____widely between men and women, between the rich and the poor.

Zhao Benshan, whose overwork ______ his health failure, didn’t perform in the 2012 Spring Festival Gala on CCTV.

(2013 ·安徽蚌埠二次质检)—In early autumn Steve applied for admission to college.He wanted to go ________ but to Cornell University.—Oh, why not Harvard?