It is______to everyone that the boy has been badly treated. 

_____._ much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to do.

Although China has developed its economy greatly, its per capital GDP is still         one-tenth of the United States.

 He was known to have been hanging about and was not expected to pass the test. ______, his failure came as no wonder to his parents.

．We’ve published large quantities of books. This year______ we’ve published three million copies.