（1）Though high-sounding，his speech         everyone at the meeting as totally irrelevant to what was discussed.

（2） As he entered the newly decorated building, an       smell of paint made hira feel quite sick.

（3）She sat in the moonlight, her thoughts          back to the last Autumn Festival she spent with her parents.

（4）His speech           his countrymen with patriotism.

（5）The captured Japanese soldier          the villages to spare his life.

（6）The blacks suffered from           racial discrimination.

（7）The chairman of the board of directors was forced to resign，       the power struggle among the directors.

（8）I tried           to get Tom to join the campaign to end fax-hunting in Britain.

（9）The suspect committed suicide,which             a confession of guilt.

（10）These young people are trying to         the modernist art of the 20th century.

（11）The policeman waited patiently while the drunken driver          in his pocket for his driver's license.

（12）The dog was barking and struggling，trying to          itself from the leash.

implore

overpower

disengage

inhuman

strike

drift

amount to

emulate

in vain

infuse

falling victim to

fumble

The little boy’s constant noise          his father ,who was busy writing a paper for a symposium .

A.exhilarated       

B.exasperated

Her desk was all         with old papers, strings ,and other odds and ends.

A. jumbled

B. cluttered

Obviously they were getting nowhere with the meeting,so he decided to          from making a final decision that afternoon.

A. desist

B. resist

Would I be          if I joined in your discussion?

A.intruding

B. invading