The scientist ____that there would be a rainstorm the next week, and it did happen.[ ]

Why didn’t you come to the cinema with us last Saturday? —Oh，sorry．But Ithe film

The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities ____ rising steadily since 1990. [ ]

To our disappointment, the trip we had been looking forward to ________ in the pouring rain.[ ]

The sun was shining brightly, everything there more beautiful.