.——Doctor, what do you think about the operation on my mom?——Couldn’t be better.I’m sure she’ll recover ___________.
27. We _______ connect with each other; she is _______ of an acquaintance than a friend.
26. Soldiers stood next to a police truck, looking at the crime scene _______ a woman was gunned down in a poor neighborhood of the border city of Iran October 18, 2009.
25. They suggested that the professor ______ just now ______ chairman of the meeting.
24. He is very _______ about his chance of winning a scholarship this semester.
23. Failure as he has been in his previous attempts, he still sticks _________ the research aimed _______ increasing production.