(2014·东北三省三校一联)Traffic conditions in Beijing________for decades.At first people only complained about jams during rush hours，but today every hour is rush hour.

The number of people, who have access to their own cars,     sharply in the past decade. 

Our plans for playing the football match today ________ by the terrible typhoon “Soulik”.

Tom    with his grandmother for eight years，but now he is living by himself.

He began to __________ because every means _______ tried already.