I’m really tired _______ Tom.. He had me _________ for two hours in the rain.

______ the owner’s electric blanket was on fire, the pet cat kept scratching on the bedroom door till she woke up, ____ her life miraculously.

_____，success results from hard work.

_____ the general state of his health，it may take him a while to recover from the operation.

If you go to Xi’an, you’ll find the palaces there more magnificent than commonly ____.

37.After _______ the area for three hours, the police found the truck near a river.

32._________on the lonely island_________more difficult than they had expected.

30. — Have you ever been to Australia?
— Never, but I have been looking forward _______ such a chance for further study there.

28. In the coldest of the winter, trees stood with their bare branches(枝干)_________the sky.

24.The students were ____ over the ____ problem, listening to the teacher with a ____ expression on their faces.