Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
Give me a cigarette, please. Mine .
The father stood up in order to protect his 15-year-old son, saying that he was not the one .
Only one third of the people present at the meeting voted the new law.
Standing on the platform, Professor Li kept silent for a moment, on the audience below.
The school should ________ immediately to the students’ request that they should have more time to relax.