1.The picture__________(indicate) that where there is a will, there is a way.

2.The____________(authority) were trying to disclose the truth to the press.

3.The rural__________(reform) have achieved good results, and there has been a noticeable change in the countryside.

4.With the chance__________(slip) through your fingers, it is no use crying over spilt milk.

5.My uncle________(hire) two people to help him at harvest time last autumn.

6.It was becoming__________(apparently) to me that she didn’t like me.

7.She________(shave) off the top branches of that bush.