make up for；be busy with；now and then；in the lead；series of；make an apology；settle for；be related to

（1）There's been a whole

series of

series of

accidents on this road.
（2）To achieve China Dream

is related to

is related to

everyone's fate.
（3）In the end they had to

settle for

settle for

a draw.
（4）I think you should

make an apology

make an apology

to your brother for being so rude to him.
（5）Daisy doesn't have a gift for music，but she

makes up for

makes up for

it with hard work.
（6）My grandfather still plays tennis

now and then

now and then

，even though he's in his nineties.
（7）With only 100 metres to go，Tom is

in the lead

in the lead

so he is very likely to win the game.
（8）Most of the students

are busy with

are busy with

their homework so there is little time left to do something that they enjoy.