While I was working in a fast-food restaurant, I constantly dreamt of being able to own one __________. 2. It was common for people to keep up __________with friends through letters before the age of the Internet. 3. In modern Chinese society, women, to a large extent, are no longer __________ by men either in family life or in the workplace. 4.There is now a growing ________________ of the importance of recycling among the residents in our neighborhood. 5.The Japanese __________ during World War II met with fierce resistance (抵抗) from the Chinese people. 6. It is wonderful to see flowers ________ in different colours after a long bleak winter. 7. The elderly landlady couldn’t ________ the behavior of the young man any more: he tossed trash all over the building. 8. It is true that human beings have had war _________ throughout history; nevertheless human civilization has managed to survive. 9. An increasingly large number of Chinese plan to spend their time travelling to different countries and seeing more of the world when they ________ . 10.Last week I submitted my first project proposal and I was very anxious to know how the department manager would ____________it. 11.We all ________________ with those who lost loved ones in the disaster. 12.The general decided to launch a(n) _______________ on the enemy at midnight. 13.At that time, most stores in that region allowed shoppers to _________ goods and services at a mutually agreed price. 14.The kids never received any professional training previously, but their performance was ________ . 15. It’s amazing that the toddler can ________to one hundred and backward (反向).