-Jenny took the 8:00 bus to Guangzhou this morning.-Really? He__the 9:00 train. It's much more comfortable and safer to travel by train.
—Would you rather come on Friday or Saturday? —_____.
—Did you look up the time of trains to Shanghai? —Yes, the earliest train is _____to leave at 5:30 am.
--Did Mary come to your birthday party? --No. I __________ her, but she was away on business.
All the preparations_______, we're ready to start.
--Do you know when the Chinese custom_________ from? --It's hard to say. But its characteristics__________ the Tang Period.