John shut everybody out of the kitchen ______ he could prepare his grand surprise for the party.[ ]

____clearly ____ nothing to do, the soldiers left the village the next day.

My Chinese teacher ___ highly of my handwriting.

Can I have your name, sir–Err… Albert Johnson, if you _______ know.

Is Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize winner, ______ best writerin China—It’s hard to say. But he is really ______ very goodwriter.