As everyone knows, the Diaoyu Islands ________ China since ancient times.

The engines of the ship were out of order and the bad weather ______ the helplessness of the crew at sea.

It must have taken a long time to _______ all the facts of these old books.

In every communication, information ______ by gestures is always easy to misunderstand.

It’s difficult to ______ what the long-term effects of the accident will be.

I would greatly _____ it if you could send me the letter as soon as possible.

They use specially trained dogs to _____ their sheep at night.

Richard looked at the envelope and _______Jenny's handwriting immediately.

I don’t      your idea of sending your daughter to Britain to study, because she is too young to take care of herself.

I was nearly exhausted from preparing my experiment report last night so I took a hot bath to         myself.