2. spent, in preparing / getting ready。表示“做某事花费或需要多少时间或金钱”用take时，用不定式to do表示做某事；用spend时，用(in) doing表示做某事。另外，还可以用sth cost sb some money和sb pay some money for sth来表示“某人在某物上花了多少钱”。

1. fly, to。因为fly to some place=go to some place by plane乘飞机去某地。

10. John’s parents made him not watch TV from Monday to Friday last term.

John ______ made not ______ watch TV by his parents from Monday to Friday last term.

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9. I couldn’t catch the plane because of the heavy traffic.

The heavy traffic ______ me from ______ the plane,

8. She quickly left to look after the sick people when she heard the news.

When she heard the news, she ______ ______to look after the sick peo­ple.

7. Wang Lin decided to move to America when he was twenty.

Wang Lin made a ______ to move to America at the ______ of twenty.

6. Jenny had a terrible cough, so her mother took her to hospital yesterday.

Yesterday Jenny’s mother took her to hospital ______ she coughed ______

5. We often play basketball after school. 

We often play basketball when school______ ______.

4. His father has been away from home for three weeks.

His father ______ home three weeks ______. He hasn’t come back home yet.

3. Remember to give me a ring as soon as you get to Shanghai.

Make ______ to telephone me as soon as you ______ Shanghai.