18.__________being late for the important meeting, the secretary got fired form her job.
The increasing high housing price has become a serious problem among us young people, _______ the government hasn’t yet found a better solution to.
—How much did you spend on the new mobile phone? —I _____ it would cost me 500 dollars, but I was so lucky to get it at a 15 percent discount.
— I went to the live concert yesterday and didn’t know what happened in the school. — ____________ .
He failed in the driving test again. He_____________.
According to a report, each year almost half of the professional athletes retiring from competition ________ jobless or without a further schooling plan.