Jim went to answer the phone.   , Harry started to prepare lunch.

My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours，but it is twice________expensive.

—What’s your plan for the future?—I hope to get a job in the local newspaper at first and ______ work for China Daily.

I was caught in the traffic jam this morning; ______, I would have come on time.

(2013·高考湖北卷)Don’t defend him any more.It’s obvious that he________destroyed the fence of the garden even without apology.