9. The new law tries to maintain a balance between national interests and ( )rights .

8.It is true that human beings have had war____throughout
history;nevertheless human civilization has managed to survive.

7.The elderly landlady couldn'tthe behavior of the young man any more:he tossed trash all over the building.

6.It is wonderful to see flowersin different colours after a long bleak winter.

5.The Japaneseduring World War Il met with fierce resistance from the Chinese people.

4.There is now a growingof the importance of recycling among the residents in our neighborhood.

3.In modern Chinese society, women, to a large extent, are no longer by men either in family life or in the workplace.

2.It was common for people to keep up____ with friends through letters before the age of the internet.

1.While I was working in a fast-food restaurant, I constantly dreamt of being able to own one someday.

14. It's long been proven that we can_____ any project if we break it up into small pieces and do the project one piece at a time.

13. If you know the of something, you know all the details about it and understand how it works.