1£®If you want to ride well, the first thing to do is __________(overcome) your fear of horses.

2£®Up to now we__________(plant) more than five thousand trees.

3£®After a two­hour talk, she was convinced__________the truth of the report.

4£®If you don't pay your gas bill, the gas will soon be cut__________.

5£®__________(bury) in reading a novel, she ignored me when I passed by her.

6£®I don't think we're worse__________than a lot of other people.

7£®The old man sat in the armchair£¬__________(read) a newspaper.

8£®Although the advertisement sounds very__________(convince), my aunt hasn't planned to buy the new product.

9£®The film was one of the rare__________(fail) in his career.

10£®His ball has earned him recognition as a talented__________(perform)£®