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Mary White is expected by experts ------- Dan Fraiser as CEO of Washburn Enterprises when he retires next year

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The guests should tell the receptionist in advance if they have any _______ diets

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These cats look immensely lovely,______?

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You had agreed to take part in our anti-war march, why did you cop out?

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Although he was completely ____ as a furniture maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs

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Local people in this neighborhood have been supplied with ____ for five years now

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I had to leave the dinner party after being _____________ to the blush by my own mother, who decided that my shortcomings were an appropriate topic of conversation

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The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to ....... the house

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Roosevelt was what we might call a "lifetime learner." Learning became, for him, a mode of personal enjoyment and a path to professional success. It's a habit many of us would like to emulate.

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The race had to be cancelled when the storm ........

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The battery should prevent the computer system from ........ in the event of a power cut

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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Jo will help us ________ some of the homework

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 - Have some biscuits.

- __________

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The United States and China have (16)_______ a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let US regulators monitor its operations. The fine comes (17)_______ Donald Trump stepped in to save the company after US regulators barred it from doing business in the US, an effective death blow for the company. In addition to the fine, a compliance team chosen by the US will be embedded at ZTE and the Chinese company must change its board and executive team. “ZTE is essentially on (18)_______,” said Amanda DeBusk, chair of the international trade and government regulation practice at Dechert LLP and a former commerce official. “It’s unprecedented to have US agents as monitors ... It’s (19)_______ a good precedent for this situation. ZTE is a repeat offender.” The news did little to appease critics. Senator Mark Warner, vice-chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, said: “It is the unanimous conclusion of our nation’s intelligence community that ZTE poses a significant threat to our national security. These concerns aren’t new; back in 2012, the House permanent select committee on intelligence released a report (20)_______ the serious counterintelligence concerns associated with ZTE equipment

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I______am several important letters but nothing has arrived

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Some of the tourists ____ to visit Trang An Complex could not depart as scheduled

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Oh no! I don't have ------- time to prepare for the job interview

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Nothing can ..... us if you just hold my hand

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In the early twentieth century, an American woman named Emily Post wrote a book on etiquette. This book explained the proper behavior Americans should follow in many different social (28) _____, from birthday parties to funerals. But in modern society, it is not simply to know the proper rules for behavior in your own country. It is necessary for people (29) _____ work or travel abroad to understand the rules of etiquette in other cultures as well. Cultural (30) _____ can be found in such simple processes as giving or receiving a gift. In Western cultures, a gift can be given to the receiver with relatively little ceremony. When a gift is offered, the receiver usually takes the gift and expresses his or her thanks. (31) _____, in some Asian countries, the act of gift–giving may appear confusing to Westerners. In Chinese culture, both the giver and receiver understand that the receiver will typically refuse to take the gift several times before he or she finally accepts it. In addition, to (32) _____ respect for the receiver, it is common in several Asian cultures to use both hands when offering a gift to another person

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Linda and Peter are at the school gate,
Linda: “ _______ ”
Peter: “Sorry I can’t make it today. I’m quite busy.”