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The passenger was asked to place------- luggage in the overhead compartments after boarding the plane

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Can you tell me how many chapters this book consists __________?

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Our class is ………… the first floor

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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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Each mediocre book we read means one less great book that we would otherwise have a chance ..................

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The clinic experienced an ________ of support from the community when they were threatened with closure

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If it snowed this summer, we ........................ skiing

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One factor that ____ generation gaps is the accelerating rate of change in society. 

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 ___ is that woman?  - I think she is a teacher

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All the employees had read the instructional manuals _______

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The designer laid __________ the book with pictures on every page

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Cartoon films have very few limits. If you can draw something, you can (34) ________ it move on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and advanced computer programs means that cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of all ages. By the end of the 1970s, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were only for children. But soon afterward one or two directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was possible to make films in (35) ________ both adults and children could share the fun. (36) ________ , not every cartoon film was (37)________ . The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly because it was too frightening for children and too childish for adults. Directors learnt from this (38) ________ , and the film companies began to make large amounts of money again

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The judge __________ appreciated her performance but the audience didn’t like it very much.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: What’s your favorite_______? - I like winter.

Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form.

................... Mary (have) ................. short hair?

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People of different countries have quite different life styles. We American are wasteful people, (25) _______ saving. Our grandfathers began this pattern, for nature’s resources seemed so plentiful that no one ever imagined a shortage. Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their houses when they were ready to move to west. They only wanted to have the nails for (26) _______ use. No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods that went up in smoke. We the people in the United States destroy many things that other peoples save. I (27) _______ this when I was living in Britain. I received a letter from one of England’s largest banks. It was enclosed in a used envelop that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be (28) _______ in the United States. American banks, (29) _______ the smallest, always use expensive stationery with the names of all twenty-eight vice-presidents listed on one side of the page

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The children are playing ................. . They should be quite

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Based on the information we ------- from distributors and customers, we are planning to relocate our headquarters

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He bought me dinner to make _____________ being so late the day before

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The next departmental meeting has been ...... to the 10th

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The planets move ___________ the sun in ellipses