Harsh ________ his words may be, they will do us a lot of good[ ]

Thanks to the Party’s opening and reform policy, people in China are ______ than they were thirty years ago.

I’ve read another book this week.– Well, maybe ____ is not how much you read but what you read that counts.

Kate is __________ American girl, right– Yes. She is from ____________ United States.

39_______ is certain, people’s living conditions in China have improved a lot since the 1980s