When Ben’s house was on fire last night, several neighbors rushed to his    and put out the fire.

Jane        from the company and moved to China in the hope of new opportunities.

This is the first study to compare the        effects of the new drug with its side effects.

All animals in nature must learn to        to a changing environment in order to survive.

It takes ______ to talk to others on the team when that might expose some of your own weaknesses or ignorance.

The poet ______described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in his newly-published poetry.

 He      at her face to see whether she cried.

 The kids seated themselves      to the teacher and listened          with great interest.

The road _______ 20 kilometers in length leads to a beautiful village. 

The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a(n) ____of courage and power.

________ people were hurt in the accident.

With so much water being used in the bathroom,it is no  _____ that more   environmentally friendly technologies have come out to make better use of water resources.

— The scarf is nice, but the price is a little bit high.— _______, but if you want good quality, you have to pay more.

One of the characteristics that make me different from many people is my adaptability—I'm _______ and comfortable in new or unusual situations.

At sixty, Maugham decided to withdraw from the theater and wrote The Summer Up, in which he tried to review what he _______ from his life and literature.

I was once ashamed to admit my weakness, but now I have no such feeling and I _______    myself much discomfort.

Many restaurant menus include the origins of a dish, _______ it is prepared, what the main ingredients are, and which farms the ingredients come from.

Our company is going on very well. _______ dozens of local women, we produce handmade goods with unique designs that sell well overseas.

— My computer _______ start, no matter how hard I try.— It might have crashed.

— I'd like Johnson to take the job.— He is _______. Better not add to his workload.