________ is the population of the city

orean government plans to import Chinesecabbage from China, as the recent rainstorm has______ the price.

It is too noisy. I can hearwhat Mr. Wang is saying.

John Major made some advances this year, but_______, it’s been a pretty bad year for John Major.

Since Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in 2012, his fans have been eagerly waiting for his new novels to ______.