date back to, associate…with, live on, call off take in, get by , pay off, fit into, overlook 1. Since my father stopped sending me money, I __________a small retail business for all these years. 2. China is the first country in the world to plant rice, which ____________more than 6000 years ago. 3. Mary lost her job last month so she had no alternative but______________ with her old coat this winter. 4.______________several times by door-to-door salesmen, the old woman is very careful to open the door when she was alone at home. 5. The couple is satisfied with the pretty and comfortable room ____________ a flower-filled garden. 6. I had got myself well prepared for the interview and then it ________________at the last minute, which disappointed me very much. 7. It is ________________a famous key university that will bring the fresh graduates a little bit closer to getting a job. 8. With her perseverance _____________, she became a doctor and joined the medical team in Africa.
答案:1. have been living on 2.dates back to 3. to get by 4.Having been taken in 5. overlooking 6.was called off 7. being associated with 8.paying off