With the aim of getting high marks, most Chinese students were ________ lacking creativity.

If we leave right away,           , we’ll arrive on time.

Boys in early adolescence are not _________ to the cinema because the film is not suitable for them.

It is clear that a computer works ______ faster than an abacus .

 Compared with male graduates, a ________ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job­hunting.