---Was Mary in the reading room when you arrived there?---Yes,but she _____ soon afterwards.
31. —I dare say you will definitely miss your flight if you don’t hurry. —Oh, _____. It’s almost the time.
30. Had it not been for the fact that I _____ absent, I would have asked you to do this right now.
29. _____ a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we generally talk to them more.
28. This morning Ms. Green entered our classroom, and _____ us something important about the coming exam, left.
27. The SAT is an excellent means of testing students. _____, it shouldn’t be only one of the many methods used.