Every time the father comes into his room, the boy pretends ______ earnestly.
---____. It will help you a lot. --- That's a good idea. Let's make some.
--- Would you like me to do some shopping for you? --- That’s very kind of you for your ____.
____ that they are inexperienced, they have done a good job.
. I gave all the newspapers to them and left ____, though I didn’t have ____ at that time.
. The company’s profit drop ____ in the last three months of 2009 due to the financial crisis. A. narrowly B. sharply C. roughly D widely