The big earthquake is reported to have ____ more than 4,000 people homeless.
Hearing the old man’s reports, the officer ______ from his seat and say that something must be done to ______ people’s living standards.
Towards ______ evening, there was ______ heavy rain in the countryside.
I had not listened to my mother’s advice on taking an umbrella. Later in the afternoon, I was nearly ______ the rain.
He ______ the ladder when ______.
Eighty percent of people trapped in the ruins ______ at last.