My friend Martine was very sick witha strange fever; ______, he could neither eat nor sleep.

Smoking is so harmful to people’s health that it kills __________ people each year than automobile accidents.

Look! Here come the dark clouds. It______ rain.

He said that it was the third time he ______ Amazing China. He couldn’ t help feeling proud of our country.

Look, the paint is starting to come off _____the wall is damp.— Well, we’d better have the wall repainted some day. [ ]