阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
1. Hardly ____ (他刚一收拾好) the papers on the desk when the door burst open. (collect)
2. Most of us considered solving the problem as soon as possible, while he considered it ____.
(无关紧要). (important)
3. Jim was late again. ____ (这就是他的一贯风格) keep others waiting. (typical)
4. Jim should ____ (信守诺言). I wonder why he changed his idea. (promise)
5. By the day of the dance he still ____ (没找到机会) to speak to her in the way he wanted. (find)
6. His younger sister teaches in a secondary school, in front of ____ (流淌着一条小河). (flow)
7. In recent years travel agencies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the further we go, ____
(我们的假日就越好). (holiday)
8. ____ (他拒绝承认) his mistakes made the head teacher very angry. (refuse)
9. The professor was surprised to see some country people ____ (坐在后边) of the classroom. (seat)