1. When the ship was sinking with people and goods on board, the sailors asked me to take charge and call on all the people to make every effort to save the ship.

2. Last night the wind was blowing fiercely . It seemed that the whole world was going crazy.

3. Anyhow, he changed his mind at last.

4. When the sailors were on the point of giving up, the captain went up to take charge and ordered them back to their pumps.

5. The secondhand car he bought for me was really disappointing/made me quite disappointed/indeed disappointed me.

6. To her parents’ delight, she has improved/ has made much progress in her study of physics and chemistry obviously.

7. Cultural differences may easily cause misunderstandings in communication.

8. She suggested that the carpet and curtain in my study should be replaced by new ones.