—Mike, why didn’t you come yesterday? —I __________, but I had an unexpected visitor.

By the time I got to the theatre, the play __________ for ten minutes.

My bike is out of order. I’ll ___ it ____.

Mike        his wedding for a whole month and hopefully everything will be ready tomorrow.

---- Have you heard that Peter rather than his parents _________ to Singapore? ---- Really? No wonder I haven’t seen her.

We are a little worried because we _____ the ground as a leader in the field of IT with the others speeding up development．

My parents insisted that I _____before 23: 00 at night．

—Where is Tom? — Well, he ______ you ______ here．Otherwise he would come down right now．

It is said in the book that Tomas Edison （1847-1931） _______ the world leading inventor for thirty years．

—How long _____you ______ here? —About a week. Afterwards I will go to Beijing.

—Do you know the most ancient city in China—Xi’an well?—No，this is the first time I ________ here. 

—Why didn’t you buy the gold ring? —I ______ but I didn’t have the money.

---Are you still very busy? ---Yes, I _____ the report for the manager and it won’t take long．

---Has your father returned from Africa yet? ---Yes, but he ____ here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia．

----Have you finished your homework?-----No, I ________ my younger sister all day yesterday.

 Most of the movies directed by Zhang Yimou ________historical facts.

He said that his friend ________there three days before, but she was not there_______.

 Miss Gao asked her mother if she _______ to the hospital the day before when she was out.

I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport. I          Changsha by the time you come back from abroad.

—Time          . It’s likely that we’ll miss the deadline. —Don’t worry. We have already got through 80% of the job.