—Haven't I told you that you should be home earlier?

—Yes, but I________home earlier than I usually do.

—Hurry up! There's a bus coming!

—Why run? There will be ________ one in two or three minutes.

You thought I was the boss? Whatever gave you that________？

________Chinese culture with overseas cultures is a challenging job, but you will learn a lot from it.

The couple have decided to________buying a car until their economic condition becomes much better.

—Was ________ problem solved?

—We were trying to think of ________ way out, but it was difficult to find one.

Noise is unpleasant, ________ when you are trying to sleep.

—An ant has two stomachs—one for itself, one for others.

—Really? Quite interesting. I ________ anything about it.

How did it ________ that the ancient building was burnt down in an hour?

With temperature ________ so rapidly, we could not go with the experiment.