(2013·河北三校联合模拟)I didn’t want to drive all the way to New York by myself，so I ________ Anna，my best friend of ten years，to ride with me.

Could I speak to Miss Smith, please?—______． She’s gone to the post office．

Paul has friends except me, and sometimes he feels lonely.

________ the afternoon of May 12th, 2008, a serious earthquake (地震) happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. [ ]

Daily Mail of November 25th reported that American astronomers （天文学家）______aplanet that was most similar to the earth.