_______ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.

It was ______ the second-hand bus that the mechanic spent the whole afternoon in the factory.

—Mum, is the pair of gloves _____ mine?—Yes．You have to wear another pair．

. My parents have always made me __________ about myself, even when I was twelve. 

The living room is clean and tidy, with a dinning table already ________ for a meal to be   cooked.