You should be grateful to your employees, because you wouldn't be＿you are now without them.

Although he has become wealthy, Mr. Wood remains           he used to be, modest and friendly.

 Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was ________ it was rather closely modeled on his own life.

（2014年福州市高三适应性练习）33.— Your sneeze tells me you may have a flu.— No. It’s just __________ I can’t stand the smell of the paint here.

______ surprised the hostess most is _______ one of her friends left the party without saying a word.