Part V. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 points)

    1. There were lots of keys, but we found the right one by trial and ______.

    2.  The bomb landed, but luckily it didn’t go______.

    3. Time is off now. Please ______in your paper.

    4. She was a bag of______before her exam.

    5. It’s not until the film began______we reached the cinema because of heavy traffic.

    6. I’m ringing with______to your advertisement in today’s newspaper.

    7. In spite of modern technology, many diseases caused by viruses are______not curable.

    8. He needs to think himself ______than go along with everyone else.

    9. Would you mind ______an  eye on our house for us while we're away?