56. A major earthquake _____8.0 on the Richter scale strongly _____ Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province at 2;28 p.m. on May 12, 2008.
In order to learn the _______ of the family business, Bill took a job as messenger boy in one of the offices.
—I’ve got an “A” in the examination. —That’s a good ______. You will surely win a second.
“Do you know that Jack ______ a postman for about six years?” “Yes, I see.”
“Did you get a job?” “No, I ______, but it’s no use.”
He regards that book _____ one of the worst that he’s _____ read.