根据中文提示完成句子 （共7小题，满分7分）
His hard work ______ ______ (得到回报) and he got first place in the competition.
There are a good many parking lots ______ ______ （标明，画出）outside the museum.
People were disappointed at the news ______ ______ _______ of the miners couldn’t find the gold. （听到大多数矿工找不到金子的消息，人们很失望)
They ______ _______ ________ （保持、维持）the strange custom for centuries.
______ ______ _______ _____ ______（使他沮丧的是） was that he failed the driving test again.
I _____ ______ _____ ______ （反对他来）to my party as he still owes me an apology.
It ______ ________ ________ ______（我突然想起） that I had a similar experience before.