109.（ ）ten minutes earlier, you wouldn’t have missed the train. But you were late.

16.He has（ ）much time and energy for his invention.

15.For the sake of his mother’s health, he decided to move to a warmer ( ).

14.The doctor tried to do some experiments to find out the （）of the medicine.

13.—— Congratulations! You won the first prize in today’s English speech contest.—— （ ）

12.—— May I take your order now?—— （ ）

11.—— Hi, is Nancy there, please?—— （ ）

10.Since he often travels on business, he can（ ）himself to sleeping in any place he can find.

9.Great Britain and France will hold a（ ）regarding some European economic problems.

8.To some（ ）, Mary still does not understand this unit. But she herself does not believe so.

7.He tried to（ ）with the manager for his salary.