In our English study, reading is more important than speaking, I think.—I don’t agree, speaking is as ________ as reading.

Tom didn’t go hiking with his classmates ____ his illness.

There ______ a park near here. Shall we take a walk

This kind of music _______ beautiful.

Optimism had been growing ________ the weekend meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels would come up with a substantial plan for dealing with the debt crisis.[ ]