----How many times have you been to China?

--- In fact, it is the third time that I __________ here.

He asked ______ for the piano.

She refused to offer any help, which quite ______ all the people present.

I ______ to the lecture that afternoon, but I ______ a bit ill.

My grandfather, who          the World War Two, likes to talk to us about his experience.

A number of books in the library ___been stolen so that the number of them___ smaller than before.

If better use is _______ of your spare time, you’ll make great progress in your study.

As we all know, many Chinese words have come into English, _____ typhoon, tofu and kung fu.

 —I am leaving for the States tomorrow, Caroline!

—______

As a young man, there was __________ time __________ I hated to go to school .