I spent the whole day repairing the car.The work was          easy.

—You don’t seem to be quite yourself today. What’s wrong? —Oh, I’m suffering from a cold. Nothing serious,  _____. 

Sometimes parents’ control of young kids will be thought to be such an invisible rope, with which to tie them tightly, that they _____ tried to cut it.

_______the temperature，______ water turns into steam.

The final score of the basketball match was 88-90. We were only      beaten.