At sixty, Maugham decided to withdraw from the theater and wrote The Summer Up, in which he tried to review what he________ from his life and literature

--- How did your students express their thanks to you on Teachers’ Day? --- A gift, together with many flowers ______ sent to me by my students.

The palace caught fire three times in the last century and little of the original building ____now.

—It’s five years since I         here.—Where do you work now?

—What is the price of petrol these days?  —Oh，it ________ sharply since last month.