The country’s population ______ small, and most of its population ______ in the mountainous areas．

(2013·皖南八校第一次联考)A recent survey shows the number of people who shop in stores ________， while far more are shopping online.

Mr. Lee never said that he hated school when he was a child,       ?

The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons. 

The majority of visitors ______ in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject ______ simply surprising.