根据所提供语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每题1.5分，共15分）

call … up   make one’s acquaintance with    set about      by means of   in vain     hesitate for a moment   in terms of    get through   occur to     have a great impact on

It was in New York that I first _________ Professor Smith.
Though she _________, she finally went in and asked to try on a dress that was expensive.
________weather, here is a good place for the tour.
The picture _____ him ______ the time when he was brought up in the village.
One afternoon she ____ riding without an umbrella and was caught in a storm at last.
She told her husband that she couldn’t _____ the rest of the housework without his help.
After the quarrel, I tried my best to fix the misunderstanding between us, but all my efforts seemed_________.
What the teachers have done _______ their students in the future.
Our teachers are trying to improve our English _______ listening, reading, writing and speaking.
It _____ me that I had left my suitcase in the taxi, in which I came home yesterday.