【题目】___ the machine’s enormous size, it runs smoothly and noiselessly.

【题目】The computer course, ______ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.

【题目】It is confirmed that a person can not be actually pleased if ___ he appreciates doing is ignored by the company as of no value.

【题目】I’d appreciate ______ if you would pick me up at seven this evening.

【题目】The office is ______ that one, so we can have our meeting there.

【题目】— He speaks Chinese very well.

【题目】Towards ___ evening after school, ___ icy rain began to fall and the road became slippery.

【题目】---Julia failed to____her mid-term exam.

【题目】Two ______ of the earth’s surface ______ water.

【题目】____in a poor family made Tom very diligent when he was still young.