Vocabulary Activities 3 (P189) 填写词组 1. Mary's mother didn't know how she was going to manage to ______________________ the money for her tuition and fees . (scrape) 2. The ice-cream lady walked slowly up the aisle, her head turning this way and that ___________________ last-minute customers. (search) 3. There are fears that higher interest rates could ____________________ the world economy. (hold) 4. Grace was not a nervous person in the ordinary way, but her husband's scandal |(丑闻)| came as such a shock that it ________________ her ____________ the power of speech. (rob) 5. Don't make up your mind which way to vote until you have had time to _______________________ the arguments again quietly. (think) 6. About three weeks after I started looking, I ______________________ an advertisement for a math teacher to work at a high school not too far from my home. (come) 7. My uncle's generous contributions helped make my wish to visit Europe _______________________. (true) 8. The children at the Hope Project school had asked their teacher to _____________________________________________ for the warm and caring support from all over the country. (gratitude)