I’m writing to apologize for my absence from last week’s meeting. I was unexpectedly ________ at work.

Mary is going on a diet .  as she has put on _______recently.

He was a teacher before he left his hometown What has________ him since then?

With the development of science and technology, the prices of TV sets have ________.

Throughout the year over two million people are expected to directly ___ Japan 2005,a series of festivals and performances taking place around the country.