The number of the audience，________ we had expected，was well over one thousand.

You’d better_  your scores and see if you have passed the exam.                       

It’s not ____books you read but the way___ you read them that decides how successfully you gain knowledge .

They ________ many difficulties during World War II, but they never lost confidence about life. 

 The old scientist took up walking as a regular form of exercise, which, of course, is of great        to his heath.