_____ is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior school is increasing.
________, the northerners like noodles while the southerners are fond of rice in China.
However hard I tried, I just couldn’t ________ them of the truth of my story.
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.