A news report is usually very short, （ ） when it is about something very important.

Surprisingly， the accident did very little _____ to either of the cars.

There was a heavy fog this morning, so none of the planes could _____.

I’d rather you _____ make any comment on the issue for the time being.

It was in New Zealand _____ Elizabeth first met Mr. Morris.

Realizing that he hadn’t enough money and _____ to borrow from his father, he decided to sell his watch.

Air pollution is obviously one of the major _____ of city life.

We don’t need air conditioning, （ ）.

After （ ） the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution.

No one should blind himself （ ） the well-known fact.

A recent poll suggested that if money were not an issue, most people （ ） not to work at all.

We should （ ） our differences and discuss the things we have in common.