In recent years, the ______ dry heat had led to a series of natural disasters.

A person, when he or she is young, can’t read __________many books. 

 The new manager is intelligent and hard-working, and___________, he is very charming.

It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, ________ if you don’t speak the language.

I thought it would be rainly that day, but it ___ to be fine.