The performance _______ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early. (2008 .全国 I )
Many countries, for example, Mexico and Japan, _____a lot of earthquakes.
Each of the students, hoping to pass the exam, _____the book.
----Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons,___to go to university.-----So do I.
He told me the news_____, believe it or not, he had earned $1 000 in a single day.
He has read the book as many as, if _____ than, five times.