The independence Day of America was on July 4th,________.
The main difficulty the writer had in reading in her 7th grade was that ______.
You _______ all the trouble had you known he was not there.
I was ____ when she found out I had a crush on her.
Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
I apologize if I had offended you ， but I _____ you it was unintentional. A. secure B. ensure C. assure D. issue
When he was a child, Orwell had the habit of ______.
—What were you doing when Tony phoned you? —I had just finished mywork and________ to take a shower.
The noise was so faint that you had to ______ your ears to hear it.
---what was she doing when you visited her?---She was ____ herself in the mirror.
If you had told us earlier ___ he was, we could have introduced him at the meeting.
In “The Story of an Hour”, when Louise Mallard first heard that her husband had died in a train accident she was heart broken, but later she realized that ______.
When he was questioned about the missing ring, he firmly______ that he had ever seen it.
—Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer？—No, it______for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.
Frank：David，I was told that you guys had a wonderful time at the cinema．I shouldhave gone to see the film with you last night． David：__________．
The title of the 35th Nurse of the Year was granted to Miss Helen Taylor, who had devoted herself ______ nursing for forty years.
—He was nearly drowned once. —When was ______？ — ______ was in 1998 when he was in middle school.
If America had a national poet in the 20th century, it is certainly______.
I was about to leave when it _______to me that I had not turned off the gas in the kitchen.
—Was the doctor there when you arrived？ —Yes, but he______out a moment later.
Some people were just born to rebel; Charles Darwin was one of them.【21】______Nicholas Copernicus, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates. They were【22】______"laterborns" -that is, they had【23】______one older sibling — brother or sister — when they were born.
The secretary was quite annoyed when she found the documents on the deak had been______（）
When you want to improve your speaking skill, you had better ________. （）
How _________ it was of Miss Brown not to worry you when you had so many things to do!
