--- Is the situation there any better? --- On the contrary, it is ________ now.

(2013 ·辽宁五校第一联合体高三考试)It is universally believed that a student with an extremely ________ mind usually gets high scores in the exams, especially in the physics exam.

 Mothers love children, which is a(n) _______fact in spite of cultural differences.

My mother always gets a bit ________ if we don't arrive when we say we will.

Recently our government policymakers are very ______ about the rapidly rising food cost.