---How about your mid-term examination? ----I did badly, __________ I failed in it. 

The problem was very difficult to handle．We worked it out，__________ ．

The doctor thinks he will pull    now. His temperature has gone down.

(2013·高考福建卷)Those poor and needy teenagers were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy ________ priced bikes.

— I hear your dad is ill. Is he ____ better? — Thanks. He’s fine now.