1 . Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain. Maybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and Gee Burns.________ the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying,”laughter is the best medicine” may be true after all. (用适当的词填空)

2 . The journey was full of challenges: it took longer than ________ (expect), they faced a ________ (缺乏) of food, and one of the ships was ________ (漏水) badly, which put everyone on this ship in grave danger.(所给词的适当形式填空)(根据汉语提示单词拼写)

3 . I was wondering whether to participate________ my teacher came by , telling me that it was a good chance to display my talent. （用适当的词填空）

4 . No matter ________ the circumstances, when the phone rings, everything stops so that the call be answered. (用适当的词填空)

5 . 自我上次见到了以后，你的女儿一下子长高了。（shoot up）（汉译英）