Compared with male graduates, a(n) ______ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job-hunting. 

 ---Irene, do you really want to go out?---It may rain. ________, I will go out; I don’t mind the rain.

Excited by the news, Marin lay in bed with her eyes ______ open while all her family were ______ asleep.

-He seems to be doing nothing, but    he is just waiting for his chance.

One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are based on common interests, ________ appearance, age or popularity.