Although the exam was difficult, ______ the students passed it.
Only one of our gifted students______to participate in the final competition.
He_______________us but he was short of money at the time.
_______ has been a topic of continual geological research.
There has been a great increase in retail sales,_____________________ ?
She asked me______I was looking at.
The boat was sailing north when a terrible storm_____________ .
Tom: "___________________ " Mike: "I won't say no!"
__________ John Kennedy was elected president, he was the youngest American President ever.
We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to_____________________ our party tonight.
The word "allocated" in the passage mostly means "______".