He always tells me funny things and _________.

When the journalists caught up with the soldiers along the broken road finally,they ___ towards the earthquake – hit town at high speed

The medical reform in that country turned out to be________failure,but as we know,success often comes after ________failure.

The number of people present at the meeting ________ about 1000, a large number of whom ________ experts from abroad.

My English teacher insisted that the exercises ____very difficult and that we ____them carefully.