________ news hit ________Venice Film Festival unexpectedly: Hayao Miyazaki, the world’s most honored creator of animated features, was ending his movie career.
It is reported that the floods have left about ______ people homeless.
At least 203 miners were killed, 22 _______ and 13 _______ in the coal mine gas explosion.
Yesterday he had an accident and his car was ______. It needs repairing.
—What a noise? I can hardly stand it.—It ______ as if they are having a party next door.
The article discusses the ______ which led up to the breaking out of the war.