（原创题）The patient insisted that he _____ ill, and _____back home at once.

—______ you pass the examination on the first attempt?—Of course. You know, I have been preparing for it for a long time.

--- Do you know Uncle Tom is crazy about gardening?---Sure. He ____ his flowers in the garden now.

— Tom is never late for work. Why is he absent today ?— Something _______ to him. 

But for the help of the kind policeman, we ________ our way to the hotel in this foreign city.