Recently reports about the abuse of children have _____ as often as several times a week, causing a wide concern and discount of trust among the public.
—You should have apologized to your parents for your rude manners. —_______ They are too hard on me.
Good appearance and wealthy families are important in choosing a life-long partner, but not _______.
We should _______ the police to undertake a full investigation into the traffic accident, of which the witnesses gave different versions.
—Why din’t you come to my birthday party last night? —I was going to, but I was _______ occupied with something important.
Researchers found that people who drank excessively were twice as likely as those who drank regularly ______ ischemic(出血性) heart attacks.