It is the test system, ______ the teachers,that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.
The new railway ___ this village ___ that one.
--Do you mind my sitting here?--____.
——Are you through with your homework? ——Well, ____.
She was such a proud person that she would die ____ she would admit she was wrong.
Working in the kitchen for years made Tom ____ a good cook.