1£®Up to now, the Project Hope ________(help) thousands of students who would otherwise have dropped out.

2£®We were finally able to make the customers ________(convince) of the quality of the refrigerator.

3£®Thanks to the Party's reform and opening up policy, people in China are much ________(good) off than they were thirty years ago.

4£®We can know that the news is ________(astonish) from his ________(astonish) look.

5£®To ________failure, hardship is an excuse; to ________success, hardship is a great fortune.

6£®I'd like to give my thanks to all of you ________this special occasion.

7£®—How did he react________the punishment he was given for his cruel conduct?

—No reaction at all. He knew unkindness often reacts upon the unkind person.