He drove fast and arrived an hour_____of schedule.

He was very_____to go，but he had no choice.

I can speak_____German.

There isn ‘t much milk_____is left in the bottle.

His article is better than_____in the class.

My wallet is nowhere to be found.I_____it when I was on the bus.

Copernicus maintained that the earth_____round the sun.

If he_____the storekeeper ‘s scissors ，he would have forgotten to buy a pair.

_____all the representatives still not there ，the meeting was postponed for several hours.

It seems as if the sun_____round the earth since it rises in the east and sets in the west.