The year 1949 _____the birth of a new country---the People’s Republic of China.

The telephone _____ three times in the last hour, and each time it _____ for my sister.

3.As the years passed， many occasions―birthdays， awards， graduations ____ with Dad’s flowers. 

The woman ______ in the accident should be sent to the hospital at once.

—Did you sleep well last night? — No, the loud noise from the street ______ me awake for hours.