1．Local businesses are closing at a/the rate of three a year.
2．I will not idle (虚度) away my time and be sorry in vain when my youthful head becomes white.
3．I would rather surf the Internet than go to the cinema.
4．The meeting which is reported to_be_held (hold) this month has been put off till the end of next month.
5．It's cruel of him to kill his mother.
