——How do you think I should receive the reporter? ——____ you feel about him, try to be polite.
It is usually cool in April in Chongqing, but it sometimes ______ be rather hot for a few days.
Two decades ago this city was ______ but a small unknown town.
—Why didn’t you go to Shelly’s birthday party yesterday evening? —I ______ but I had an unexpected visitor.
He didn’t attend the competition ______ he was ill at the time.
After the earthquake, the poor girl was found ______ under the ruins of a church.