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

A ship loaded with expensive goods was reported （ ） into the sea with its oil （ ）.

It is Allen’s first time to speak to the public, but I am sure he will get ______ his nervousness.

As a Chinese proverb goes, a heavy snow _____ a good harvest year.

Words_____meaning, as we all know.

—Tell me something about your adventure last year. —We lost our way in the forest and _____ made matters worse was _____ it began to rain.

Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, （ ） to find it locked.

The film （ ） him of what he had seen in China.

Let’s put the matter to the vote and not waste our time arguing about it,（ ） ?

We were disappointed yesterday because it wasn’t such a good dinner （ ） she had promised us．

Food, clothing and shelter are the _____ needs for all of us.

They go to work every day （ ） Saturday and Sunday. Those days are holidays.