Mr. Smith owned ____ collection of coinsthan anyone else I have ever met.

Ben’s composition is almost perfect ______ several spelling mistakes.

So far this year we _________ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent

－Let’s go to the park tomorrow morning.－Sorry, I’ve got an important appointment at 9 o’clock and I can’t______to miss it. (济宁市)

Language has always been —— as the phrase goes —— themirror to society. English is no ______