单词和词组（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）
61. At that time people would ________ (挨饿) if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
62. Today's festivals have many origins, some ________ (宗教上的), some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
63. The p________ “Mark Twain” means that the water is two fathoms deep.
64. The p________ is the ability to wait for a long time or to accept trouble without getting angry.
65. He sat there in silence, ________ (怒视) at the nobleman.
66.The shells on the sand were placed ________ (以某种形式) the letters PKU.
67. Some festivals are held ________ (纪念) the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.
68. I ______ (开始学) the violin when I was seven, but I haven’t played recently, so I forgot a lot.
69. It is too early to tell whether ________ (削减) the cost of production will benefit the company workers or not.  
70. We ________ (打赌) the outcome of the next horse race, and as a result, I failed.