If we work hard to _____ our dreams when we are young, we will not feel that we missed out on something when we get old.

Becky _____ her ankle while she was playing tennis last week. Now it still hurts badly.

The new manager is very _____. For instance, the employees are given much shorter deadlines for the same tasks than before.

After delivering a very powerful speech, the award winner was _____ by a group of fans asking for her signature.

After the first snow of the year, the entire grassland disappeared under a _____ of snow.

(A) flake                          (B) blossom                   (C) blanket                     (D) flash

At the beginning of the semester, the teacher told the students that late assignments would receive a low grade as a _____.

Intense, fast-moving fires raged across much of California last week. The _____ firestorm has claimed the lives of thirty people.

Various studies have been _____ in this hospital to explore the link between a high-fat diet and cancer.

Writing term papers and giving oral reports are typical course _____ for college students.

      Peter likes books with wide _____, which provide him with enough space to write notes.

 Few people will trust you if you continue making _____ promises and never make efforts to keep them.

The interviewees were trying very hard to _____ the interviewers that they were very capable and should be given the job.

Research shows that men and women usually think differently. For example, they have quite different _____ about what marriage means in their life.

While the couple were looking _____ for their missing children, the kids were actually having fun in the woods nearby.