--- It’s a shame that you missedthe lecture on the British culture given by Thompson.--- I _________ it, but I was busy preparing the coming exam.
In the good care of the nurses, the boy is ______ recovering from his heart operation.
It was _____ terrible earthquake and ______ number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
------My daughter came first in the English speech contest. ------Did she? __________.
The stranger shook me by the hand warmly ___ he were to say he knew me well.
The reason _____ he refused to attend the meeting was that they didn’t give him an invitation earlier.