The driver began to speed up to ________________ for the hour he’d lost in the traffic jam.

He ______to catch the last bus but she was too late .

In this seaside resort, you can _____ all the comfort and convenience of modern tourism. 

When the terrible flood happened in the south, the government ________ a state of emergency and general mobilization.

– What makes you so upset, Mr. Wang?– That John, a student in my class, ______ himself to computer games.