17. This delay in technology adoption resulted in much larger gap between________(发展) and developing countries in economic development.

16. The door opened and Lance stormed out, followed by her six-year-old self,___________(提)a suitcase for her father.

15. When lunch time came, we sat on the grassland,_______(吃)and drinking happily.

14. He_________(付钱)for a seat, when he could have entered free.

13. When former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly r_________(指) to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs. Kim.

12. In the days that followed it o____(发生)to me that there are some parallels between the experience we had at the two shows and the challenges of everyday life.

11.Eric____(接受)training in computer for one year, after which he found a job in a big company.

10. Records say the lighthouse was about one hundred thirty meters tall. It stood for one thousand five hundred years before it was d__________(毁坏) by an earthquake.

9. He stood at the bus stop,__________(等待) for Bus No.302 to go to school.

8. Computer criminals don’t use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to______(处罚)them because there is often no evidence.