John's score on the test is the highest in the class ; he____last night.

Thebeachisinanideal（）todrawtourists.

All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there _____ quite such a crowd of people there.

Thethreementriedmanytimestosneakacrosstheborderintotheneighboringcountry_____bythepoliceeachtime.

Ofcourse，（）mostimmigrantsdidnotgetrichovernight，buttheofthemwereeventuallyabletoimproveupontheirformerstandardofliving.