E-mail, as well as telephone, ________ an important part in daily communication

--We ________ that you would fix the TV set for us.--I’m sorry, but I was too busy, so I ________.

. --Were you late for the film?--Very late. Half of it ________ by the time we ________ the cinema.

With the country’s population reaching 1.6 billion in the mid of this century, most of China’s rivers, including the Yellow River, ________.

—Why didn’t you answer my phone at 10 am? —I           for my decayed tooth in the clinic.

—Have you seen Jiang Wen’s movie Let the Bullets Fly recently? —Yes. I         it twice last week, At home and in the theatre.

The surface of the table ______ smooth enough．   

Anti-Japanese War _______ in 1937 and it _______ eight years

They _______ to come to the meeting on time，but they were late again

It is said that he ________ football in Beijing this afternoon.

Although he is only 14 years old, he __________drugs for two years.

Great changes _________ in my hometown in the past 20 years.

Would you please keep silent? The weather report ______ and I want to listen to it.

Since then the number of people taking driving lessons ________ 20％. 

The whole class________ the teacher attentively.

— Mom, where is my lunch pack?— Just where it _____. 

It is well known to us all that a lot of rivers _______by factories.

The thief was brought in, his hands ____________ behind his back.

---Would you have helped her had it been possible? ---Yes, but I __________ busy with my work.

The UK, which _______ Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a country famous for its history.