--- How is everything going on with you in Europe? --- Quite well, not so smoothly as I hoped, ____.
Yesterday, I met my old friend ________, which gave me a big surprise.
With food, water and electricity ________, the villagers suffered a lot after the earthquake.
People in Tibet are ________ than they used to be.
I would rather ________ TV at home than ________ to the cinema.
There is no need for you to look up every new word you ________ while reading.