阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
例：______ was that the young player performed extremely well in the table tennis tournament. (delight)
令球迷欣喜的是那位年轻的球员在乒乓球锦标赛中表现得极为出色。
答案：What delighted the fans/made the fans delighted
Knowing ______ reduces the risks of failure and it works like an insurance policy for your own ability. (do)
知道你正在干什么，能降低失败的风险，这就像给自己的能力买了份保险。
Not ______ my parents, I failed to go to a drama school, where my interest lay. (persuade)
由于没有说服我父母，我没能上戏剧学校，而那才是我的兴趣所在。
The chief engineer together with his colleagues ______ new scientific methods of farming since five years ago. (look)
五年以来，总工程师和他的同事们一起一直在寻找新的科学农耕方法。
When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always __________ to a tree on the riverbank. (keep)
白天干农活的时候，我总是把羊拴在河边的树上。
As time is pressing, I think __________ is the best way to get from here to the conference centre. (take)
由于时间紧迫，我认为从这里去会议中心最好的办法是乘出租车。
So fast ______ that we can hardly imagine its speed. (travel)
光传播的速度快到我们难以想象。
Through the course of my schooling, I met many teachers, two ______ me greatly. (influence)
上学时我遇到过很多老师，其中两位对我影响很大。
I don’t often lose things, so I was quite surprised ___________ my wallet and found it wasn’t there. (reach)
我不常丢东西，所以当我拿钱包却发现钱包不在时，大吃一惊。
It is reported in the newspaper that several new subway lines ______ in Wuhan. (build)
据报纸报道，武汉正在建设几条新的地铁线路。
Most believe he _______ for England last week, but for a serious injury which put him out of football. (play)
多数人认为，要不是受了重伤而告别足球，上周他本会为英格兰踢球的。