Because of the bad weather, my mother ____ and lay in bed. She ______ for a week. 

A major search has been_____ for  a Malaysian Airlines jet with 239 people on board after it lost contact flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

—I remember you were a talented pianist at college.Can you play the piano for me?—Sorry，I ________ the piano for years.(2012·湖南)

 Kate  ________    on her new novel, which is supposed to come out next month.

In the last few years thousands of films ________ all over the world.