-----Have you finished your homework yet?
----- Not yet, I _______ to do it just a few minutes ago.

He was _______ by his failure to find the job he had been looking forward to.

Our school _______ smoking, that is to say, we are not allowed to smoke at school.

During the 16^th Asian Games, many people _______ much experience and knowledge through volunteer work.

Your article is too long—please cut it down to 1,000 words.

The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies.

. Helen has picked up French and can speak fluently after a short stay with her aunt in Paris.

It is true that Zi Bo is a developed city, but many places have lately been _________.

If you don’t know the meaning of the word, ________ the dictionary.

It never ________ to us that Japan beat China in the Thomas Cup badminton Championship in New Delhi(新德里).