As it was dark, she could do nothing 　　　 than wait.

_______ being Sunday, the library was closed.

—Hi, what’s wrong with the girl from Japan?    —Oh, she feels lonely, she has ________friends in China.

—You know Mr. Green has been ill for days?  —Yes, I wonder if he is ____ better now. 

In fact, ＿＿＿is a hard job for the police to keep order in an important football match.