The number of foreigners learning Chinese has been growing in recent years, _______ that China has a greater effect on the world.

The ____________ of news that a flood is coming is a staff working in the weather bureau.

Why isn’t he in the hospital with hisinjured mother—No one ______ him of the accident

learned from my book that it was nothing but ten years of hard work that ______ his success in business.

There are many students in the classroom. Jim isstanding _____ them.