The Dragon Boat Festival _____ the beginning of the hottest season of the year.
. The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests ________.
According to statistics, a man is more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer _________ a woman.
The biggest whale is ___ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of _____ 9-story building.
Some of the roads were flooded, _________ made our journey more difficult.
Look! That fellow is too sleepy to work. He ______ up reading until midnight.