1．You make friends with people and then make unreasonable demands so that they reject (拒绝接受)you.
2．Early in the morning word came that Mr Black had been elected (选举) president of the company.
3．The last decade (十年) has seen tremendous changes in the means of transportation.
4．The dictionary is out of date: many words have been added to the language since it was published (出版)．
