My parents will go there by taxi because it is raining____________.

It was raining hard. Little Tom felt cold, so he stood______to his mother.

Do you think shopping online will ______ take the place of shopping in stores?

Many newspapers claim to be politically neutral, but few________ are.

I don’t like the pattern of the trousers. ____ , the color doesn’t suit me.

His face looks brown because he works ____ all day.

When Helen saw his tutor nod _____ to her, she felt greatly ______ and was convinced that she would be __________ she had been dreaming of .

The attempt and insistence on purchasing the Diaoyu Islands by Japan will ______ harm    China-Japan ties．

The student went through the paper, finding some mistakes that might         have been ignored．

He used to be _____ shy but now he can talk freely to anyone he meets.