Several of the off-shore islands are ______ , now that we have a motor boat.
—Have you _____him to give up the job? —No, I haven’t. He doesn’t listen to me.
The building used to be splendid but now it is _____.
China always plays ____ active part in fighting against _____natural disasters.
It’s ______ difficult to draw the boy’s attention to his lesson.
It was just a week ago________ an earthquake happened in Taiwan.