In the late afternoon, it is          cold that our water bottles froze.

—It is said that Mr Wang has won first place in the English contest for teachers.—________ and ________ one day.

 The points put forward at the conference          the government should pay more attention to the poor were widely accepted.

Jack wasn’t saying anything，but the teacher smiled at him ________he had done something very clever．

The global financial crisis, ______ started in the USA in 2008, affects almost every country, especially some developed countries.