1. The club __________ (采用一套新的制度) concerning its membership.

2. My parents are ________ (不同意) our picnic plan.

3. The swimmer caught in the whirlpool__________ (挣扎着避免溺水 . )

4. The carpet was __________ (固定在地板上) with tacks.

5. ( 2 天了都没有走出沙漠，又没有水喝 ) __________he was unquenchable.

6. A lot of people nowadays have muscular problems in the neck, the shoulders and the back _____ ( 主要是由于工作中的压力和紧张造成的 ).

7. More than 3 million children have health insurance now, and ___ ( 超过 250 万的家庭已经摆脱贫困 ).

8. _______ ( 除主席之外的所有成员都投票赞成我的建议 )to set up a branch office in the suburbs.

9. The emergence of e-commerce and the fast-growing Internet economy are ___ ( 为中国的国内外贸易提供了新的增长机遇 ).

10. The population of elderly people is increasing rapidly because people are living longer than before___ ( 发达国家尤为如此 ).

11. (只要看一眼这封信) ____________ , will convince you that you have been taken in.

12. Please don't stand in the kitchen, you're________________ (挡路了) .

13. ________ (如果暴露在空气中) , iron will react with the oxygen of the air.

14. ________ (对听到的事情感到震惊) , he placed both his hands on his mouth.

15. We'd better struggle for the future ________ (而不是为过去而懊悔) .

Answer:

1. adopted a new set of rules

2. averse to

3. struggled to keep from drowning

4. fastened to the floor

5. Having been in the desert without water for two days

6. mainly due to stress and tension in their work

7. more than two and a half million families have been lifted out of poverty

8. All the members except the Chairman voted for my proposal

9. providing new growth opportunities for China's foreign and domestic trade

10. especially in developed countries

11. A glance at this letter

12. in the way

13. If exposed to the air

14. Shocked at what he had heard

15. rather than regret for the past.