I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _________ a room with others.
---What makes you decide to buy a new house in the town? ---This town is _______ pollution.
_______ on rescuing her sick son, the poor mother has been working 16 hours a day.
_______, I lost heart in English learning, but my teacher said to me, “Keep on working hard, and you’ll succeed ________.”
_______ for the doctor’s careful treatment, he _______ till last year.
The performance of the host, _________ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.