Yesterday morning he got up earlier than________， for it was not a(n)________day.[ ]

_____writer is better known in China, Charles Dickens or Mark Twain?

ic conditions in Nanchang _____ for decades. At first people only complained about jams during rush hours, but today every hour is rush hour.

Jimmy likes playing football very much. His uncle bought him ____ football last year.

John knows so much about thealien. — Yes, youknow he is only_______ eight-year-old boy.