After two years' research，we now have a ________ better understanding of the disease.(2013·全国Ⅱ)

—What’s your plan for the future?—I hope to get a job in the local newspaper at first and ______ work for China Daily.

When it comes to a foreign language, he is not ________ quick a learner as his brother.

A volcano in Indonesia erupted on November the 16th, 2013, and _____, hundreds of people were killed. 

A ____ road goes ____ from our village to the center of the town.