A modern city has been set up in ____ was a wasteland ten years ago.
The government is _____ and will take the necessary steps to maintain security and stability.
Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.