_______the warning message, more deaths would have been caused in the flood according to the report from Xinjiang.[ ]

How much of the foreign expert’s speech have you understood?—Almost nothing. I wish I ________ harder at English.

A few minutes earlier and we _____the rain

The patients are quite________ tothe nurses for their special care.

Michael would like to travel _______ the world insteadof staying _______ home during the winter holiday.