The Smiths don’t usually like staying at________hotels,but last summer they spent a few days at a very nice hotel by________sea. (2012·江西,21)
The poet ______described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in his newly-published poetry.
______the weather, our school sports meet has to be held in the indoor stadium.
How can you expect to get ahead in your life ______ you even live to yourself from time to time?
— We thought he would have got the job. — What a pity! He ______too nervous when interviewed.
With children, if you say "no", you have to mean ______.