No sooner ______ down on bed ______ the telephone rang.
The Chinese government has made great efforts to ______ the gap between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.
To solve the problem, we would appreciate it if you could give us an ______ explanation and compensate (补偿) us.
The old man asked the children to _____ to each other near the campfire so that he could start telling his story at once.
Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.
Lack food supplies and wanted by the police, the terrorists made a ______ attempt to hijack(劫持) a plane to Iran.