Tom is _____ American boy. He plays ________basketball very well.

Jim is always so busy he has little time for his family.

The number of traffic accidents caused by drunk driving is _______ as the number of those caused by other reasons

The thousand-year-old temples have survived modernization and centuries of wind and rain, and the original buildings __________ now.

It was silly of him to his notes during that important test， and as a result， he got punished.