Failureisthemotherofsuccess______yourcourage

The old bridge,________300 years ago,was washed away by a heavy flood last summer[ ]

The engine of the ship was out of order and the bad weather ____ the helplessness of the crew at sea.

finished a large part of the novel written byDickens, the rest of which ___ very difficult.

The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent(缺席) for different reasons.