—Tom, you didn’t come to the party last night? — I _____ , but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.
______ that the South African writer John Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003.
—You've made great progress in your studies of English, haven't you? —Yes, but much______.
______ is known to us all is that China has launched Shenzhou V spaceship successfully.
He hasn't come yet. What do you consider ______to him?
It was ______ great shock to the world that two airplanes crashed into ______ World Trade Centre in New York on Sept. 11.