In a typhoon, winds ________ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

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(2007·浙江)

Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice, ________they knew it to be valuable.

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(2005·天津)

He tried his best to solve the problcm, ________ difficult it was.

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He has already been ________ the tropical climate in the area since he has stayed there for almost ten years.

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________ you and me, I don't think there was anyone there under thirty.

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The old man managed to ________ out of bed, but he still couldn't reach the phone.

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Though ________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.

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The police caught him ________ in an office building.

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--- May I speak to Tom, please?

--- But he ________ for work an hour ago.

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It wasn't ________ to write it all out again and the time wasn't enough for us at that time.

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