The manager insisted that I _______ a raise though I have been in this company for only six months.
26. Word has come ______ the Chinese football team has failed again, _______ makes many football fans frustrated.
25. ______practice makes perfect is true.
24. The reason ______ he is absent from class is _______ he has caught a bad cold.
23. I asked him ______ that he managed to get the information.
22. The English dictionary will be given to ______ wins the first prize.