---Were you busy last weekend?---Very. Rather than __________ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to________ an advertisement.
16.He looked around and caught a man _______ his hand into the passenger's pocket.
15.– How cold it is! I wonder how grass survive under such heavy snow. --Don’t worry.There is a lot of air in loose snow which _______.
14.As we all know, it takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred to rear people, which means it will be ________ one becomes a useful person.
13.Busy _______ she is, Rita ______ two hours every Sunday afternoon to spend with her son.
12.One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to ________ healthy eating habits.