____ with serious financial crisis, some international companies have to slow down their investment all over the world.
When Kerry and Sam met again two years later, each was pleased to see ________.
There is a subway in my hometown, but ________ existed two years ago.
I prefer a house in beautiful surroundings in the countryside to ________ in such a noisy street in Shanghai.
He is so young and short a man that I think he is ________ but a professor of Northwest University.
They have done much of the work; when will ________ be finished?