The pen      well, so it ___ well. 

As each man I contacted recounted painful details, I felt as though I were talking with my father. Not only were they similar in appearance, but _____ the same things.

 After school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it _____.

—May I speak to your manager at 4：00 this afternoon? —Sorry, sir.  He ________  to a meeting soon.

With the introduction of digital equipment, a growing audience_______ back to the cinema in the past years.