1. The professor asked Bob to pass——— these Christmas gifts to his classmates; each student was to get one.
2. The disease is spreading quickly and all the children are ———— risk.
3. The Japanese girl told me that she didn't want to get married ————— fear of losing her job.
4. I was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go————— my new gown.
5. I've never told this to anyone, but it's true that I was terribly ashamed ————— my mom.
6. The older children were allowed to stay ————— longer, and most would eagerly sit in the sitting room to watch the evening film on the new color television set.
7. They went ————— painting their names on cars for most of the day.
8. As she was turning out some papers, she came ————— the letter she had been looking for for ages.
9. He has acted ————— the principle of "out of sight, out of mind".
10. Ten years of scientific research led————— the development of this new effective drug.
11. In our research, we should take care that facts are separated————— feelings or imagination.
12. We had better take advantage ————— the warmer weather by going for a walk this afternoon.
13. You may try to do things ————— your ability and get hurt.
14. Giving advice when it's not called————— is the quickest way to end a good friendship.
15. His inability to stay————— one job for long had finally proved too much for her.