It is several years since he ______ ill and his illness _______ great damage to his health.
The mother was trembling with anger . She ______her son and said nothing.
Mary is going on a diet . as she has put on _______recently.
You _______be hungry already—you had lunch only two hours ago.
We _______the letter yesterday, but it didn”t arrive.
Mo Yan was ______the Nobel Prize for his great contributions to literature.