Faced with a problem，you have to ________ it first，and then try to find a solution.

--- It’s five years since I was a singer. --- Not really!         ?

The poet ______described the peaceful Rocky Mountain and the beautiful Mississippi River in his newly-published poetry.

—May I smoke here?—If you ________， choose a seat in the smoking section.

Before my father moved off, he told me again and again that I should ________ the rules and regulations of the school.