EXERCISE 1A Fill in a suitable word according to the hint given in brackets 1.Everyone wants to succeed, but few are aware of the rugged road to____.(succeed) 2.The brain and the head need a____supply of blood.(continue) 3.When I came home, the children were fast____.(sleep) 4.The students are making____for the experiment.(prepare) 5.A secondhand bookstore is a store that sells____books.(use) 6.The nurse weighed the newborn baby to find out the real____.(weigh) 7.For what____was he arrested?(offend) 8.This is the only____medicine that will cure your illness.(efffect) 9.His____life is not happy at all.(marry) 10.The city suffered heavy____in the tornado( 飓风 ).(lose) 11.Most American Indians are still living in____.(poor) 12.She failed the examination, but the____didn't discourage her.(fail) 13.The stranger happened to be the____prisoner wanted by the police.(escape) 14.____,the flood didn't do much damage to the crops.(lucky) 15.The lecture went on and on; it was____.(bore) 16.Job opportunities are____to college students in summer holidays.(avail) 17.The teacher assigned us a lot of homework, but we had no time for these____.(assign) 18.I like the book very much,____the first ten chapters.(particular) 19.What have you been doing____.(recent) 20.The students have been doing well in their studies____.(late)