Though ________ in a big city Jim always prefers to paint the primitive(原始的)scenes of country life.
The machine is so advanced that it will start ______ you press the button.
What _______ the doctors most was that they could not find the cause of the strange disease.
It is ________ that Arthur gave back the money he found.
They have ______ a plan for reducing the budget deficit(财政赤字), which is quite practical.
I waved to Nancy, but she was _______ in her thought, and made no response.