"______ the friendship between our two people last forever!", and with this sincere hope, the president concluded his speech.

Many people attend various public lectures, chiefly ______ themselves familiar with the latest development of different fields.

Generally speaking, the hard one works, _______.

The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____his arguments in favor of the new theory.

A survey was carried out on the death rate of those who were infected by SARS, ________were surprising.

It is no longer a problem _______ the poor children in this district can go to school.

It is the news ____ most parents of the hope that there is a safe and socially approved road to a kind of life they themselves have not had, but their children can.

Of all the applicants, ______ do you think is fit for the position?

_____ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government.

_____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.