She （ ） tell white lies to make people feel better, to smooth things over.

His sickness, （ ） with terrible weather, has completely ruined this longexpected trip.

The audience stood and （ ） at the end of the performance.

Plastics is a kind of （ ） which is widely used in industry.

The new house I moved in last month is very （ ） for me as I can get to my company by a direct bus within twenty minutes.

He works too hard.That’s _____ is wrong with him.

As a matter of fact, they would rather leave for Beijing than _____ in Shanghai.

At the 60th anniversary, the guests sitting in the front are those ______ graduates from the university.

She heard a continual strange noise coming from the next room, her heart （ ） fast.

Such problems （ ） air pollution and traffic jams are becoming more and more serious in some big cities.

Richard is American, John is British—they have different （ ）.

_____ the flood， the ship would have reached the destination on time.