It was the first time ________ I ________ face to face with a thunder storm.

-- - Alison, I’m sorry. I can’t come to the wedding with you tomorrow morning. 
   -- ________? 
   -- My grandma was severely ill, so I have to stay in the hospital to look after her. 

Do you have any difficulty ________?

Rather than _______in the city, the old man would prefer______in the countryside.

________ seems to be a strong competition　in China for senior high students to enter college or university.

The average temperature this year is _______ that of last year.

________is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

I don’t think it is teachers who ______ for giving students too much pressure.

---Whom would you rather ______ to Hainan for the holiday, Bob or Jack?
---- Maybe Bob.

Come and see me whenever _______.