根据句意，从下面的方框中选择合适的单词或词组用其适当形式填空。

1．Technically, the building is a _________, but few people like it．

2．The logs _________ down the river．

3．She _________ bitter tears over her lost youth．

4．This essay _________ a considerable improvement on your recent work．

5．The play was badly acted, _________ being far too long．

6．The cruel man _________ his wife and child．

7．The experts are _________ every part of the island．

8．I can’t move this piano without _________．

9．Both sides still refuse to come to the _________ table．

10．He _________ his wife and children．

11．Many items in daily use _________ plastic．

12．_________ is enough, never again．

13．The tournament is open to amateurs _________ professionals．

14．He _________ himself entirely to music．

15．The governor sent us to the colleges and universities to do some head hunting．We hope we will find some young _________．

16．They _________ visit a friend of theirs．

17．When I was ill I completely lost my _________．

18．He _________ to the hospital suffering from burns．

19．It is love that/which makes the world _________．

20．You can _________ the unimportant details．

21．The mother _________ candy among children．

22．The competition is open to both amateur and professional _________．

23．I met him on a _________ winter evening．

24．We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is _________．

25．I was _________ to find her there．

26．The frontier _________ from the northern hills to the southern coast．

27．His _________ makes him stand out in the crowd．

28．Our price has already been closely _________．There is no room for reduction．

29．His _________ jokes gave everybody the pip．

30．The time is approaching when we must _________ buying a new house．

31．She is raring to _________ her new skates．

32．He _________ his pen in the ink．

33．A novelist _________ characters and a plot．

34．He _________ having stolen the car．

35．I wanted to tell her, but the words _________ in my throat．