It was not until I told her that Mrs．Williams knew anything about．

The chief mark of a gentleman was that he did not have to work for a living.

It was because the water had risen that we could not cross the river．

It was on the beach that Miss White found the child lying dead．

The death of Mr. Black ______ the final breaking up of the family．布莱克先生的去世加速了这个家庭的最终分裂。

His last year's trousers are now outgrown and need ______．去年的裤子他已经穿不得了，需要加长一点。

A sure way to ______ your muscles is to practice weight lifting．一个使你肌肉变强健的有效方法就是练习举重。

The new owner of the house was so tall that the doorway had to ______ before he moved in．房子的新主人长得太高了，在他搬进来之前不得不将门的过梁加高。

Mrs．Brown，who ______ recently ______ general manager of our company，is one of the most capable women I have ever worked with．最近被任命为我们公司总经理的布朗夫人是和我一起工作过的最有能力的女人之一。

Noticing that my daughter was very shy, our hostess ______ to make her feel at home．看到我的女儿很害羞，我们的女主人就努力地使她感到像在家一样不拘束。