2. Fill in each blank of the following sentences with one of the phrases in the list given below. Make changes when necessary.

　　1) After school Alan always threw himself into computer games.

　　2) Some of his good luck must have rubbed off on me.

　　3) We are taught from childhood to distance ourselves from a bad neighbor so as to avoid possible negative consequences from being in his proximity.

　　4) He was pissed off by the man’s rude behavior and began to call names.

　　5) Susan has an annoying habit of spying on her neighbors.

　　6) She signed on for a concentrated course in the basics of nursing by the Red Cross.

　　7) The agreement on the venture follows Samsung's recent pledges to break into new industries to develop future growth engines.

　　8) According to the agenda, the President will be in residence of this hotel this weekend.

　　9) Chua's celebration of Chinese parenting and her bizarre assertions fly in the face of everything Western parents hold dear.

　　10) As a result, durable goods tend to punch above their weight) in determining if the economy is booming or slumping.

　　11) The basketball players are suiting up in the locker room.

　　12) Saddled with) the heavy burden of supporting the whole family, he could not pursue the dream of his own.