The news spread all over the world _______that Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), passed away last Saturday at the age of 69.
The engine of the ship was out of order, and the bad weather _____ the helplessness of the sailors.
Sometimes I feel like going to the countryside to _______ the noise, the dirt and the people.
Can you ______ the fact that we are already senior high school students?
Christmas in the western is______ as the Spring Festival in China.
Everybody said it was a perfect marriage; no one had ever known______ couple.