The house price has been rising in thepast two years. —Yes, I cannot __________ to buy a smallapartment even with my parents’ help.

As a result of destroying the forests, large ____ of desert ____ covered the land.

The APEC leaders’ meeting greaterimportance to economic cooperation in Asia-Pacific areas

John and I _____ friends for eightyears. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _____ eachother a couple of times before that.

ASEAN foreign ministers are better engagement with the Chinese government when it comes to the various conflicts in the South Chinese Sea.