Alice looks sad. Did you tell her about her brother’s accident?— Sorry, I ________ her just before her final exams.

Zhanglin was lost in computer games during his last year in high school, otherwise he_______ a student at Beijing University.

(2013·黄山高三二模)Some place names have been changing over the yearsFor example, Jinling in ancient China refers to ________ is now called Nanjing

The doors of the palace ______ gold. They’re shining in the sun.

Later they discovered, ____ was news to him, that Pamela was the headmaster’s daughter.