The doctor insisted that the patient _______ seriously ill and that an operation _______ in no time.
——Why doesn't he buy you a drink? ——I don't know why, but it isn't _______ he had no money.
We were told that it was our _______ to read the text together.
It ________ that there is no way out of difficulty.
He was afraid there was any wild animal around him, looking round from ________.
Reading without stop is a ______ piece of work.