On the wall __ two large portraits.

All of a sudden it ____ Coke that there might be some policemen waiting for him in the house.

The population of Rui’an is ________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole country.

 The shop assistants were fired as they were _________ of cheating customers．

When the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami(海啸),  the  worst—ever  natural  disasters, happened, the people there _____ heavy losses.