The government has taken some measures to reconstruct the earthquake-hit areas, but it must be some time ________ everything returns to normal.
225. I didn’t hear the phone last night. I _____asleep.
224. The murderer was brought in, with his hands _____ behind his back.
223. It was so a story that quite a few children were __________to tears.
222. The gentleman made an apology for the mistake he had , for he had taken my suitcase _____ mistake the day before.
221. John complained(埋怨) to the bookseller that there were several pages in the dictionary.