The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
. The company’s profit drop ____ in the last three months of 2009 due to the financial crisis. A. narrowly B. sharply C. roughly D widely
. There ____ be a flight for Kunming this evening, but you’d better find it out for sure.
Though ____ many times, the song still sounds as nice as before
. ---I don’t believe you’ve already finished reading the book. ---I ___ it to you this morning.
. It turned out to be a good harvest of wheat this year, ____ lack of rain.