There are many reasons why some children have bad manners, ______ is the ill information on the Internet and in TV programme.
148. People poke fun at her because she wears such strange hats. The part underlined means ____.
147. --- How long have you _____ friends? --- Five years. I made friends with him when we studied together in Beijing Institute of Technology.
146. I _____ stiff after sitting so long, and could hardly walk.
145. The nation was reunited and the slaves were ______ when the North won the Civil War in American history.
144. The Romans __________ a great city on the banks of the River Seine in 1780s.