We were pretty _____ when we learned the _______ fact that an elephant would come to live in our school.

We have been told that under no circumstances _______ the telephone in the office for personal affairs. [ ]

More than 800,000 Chinese overseas students have returned in the last five years, with the annual number ______ by an average rate of 36 percent each year.

We ____ that the magazines you have borrowed be returned to the school library before the end of this month．

These cakes ________ delicious. Let’s send some to your grandparents.