A special dinner there might include Chinese pork dish, British roast beef and French-style vegetables. Boiled rice ______ just about everything.

—I’m sorry, but the manager isn’t here yet. Shall I have him call you when he comes back?
—No, I’ll call him later. If I call again in half an hour, do you think he ____?

--- Why on earth didn’t you answer the door?
--- I’m terribly sorry, but the telephone _______, too.

—Our train to Shenzhen didn’t leave until 14:30 because of something wrong with the railway.
—Such a long delay! This train       at 13:00.

The school will have a kite flying competition next Saturday, and all the students       to bring a kite with them.

I       lunch when I learned that former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher had passed away.

Missing in Thailand, a comedy about two rival Chinese businessmen and a simple-minded pancake maker,      box offices records since Dec 12.

—Professor Smith, can I meet you at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning?
—Oh, I’m sorry. I       a lecture at Hunan Normal University.

After school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it _____.

After working for two years, Tim Martin was ___ as the top manager in charge of the company.