Why do Chinese people use red paper to make Spring Festival couplets(春联)–Because they think red can ______ people good luck.

The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors, ________ are beyond our control.

My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.

A special and delicious record was set in 1997 to ______ Hong Kong’s return to China.

There were _______ shops in the city in1982 than in 1990.