David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict” because( ) .

He is by far, and will be for a time（ ） , the best basketball player in the history of the game.

No sooner had I locked the door （ ） the telephone rang.

--The light in the office is still on. --Oh,I forgot ().

()Sunday, the library doesn’t open.

After （ ） the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution.

I shall have a companion in the house after all these （ ） years．

“You are too self-centered.It’s high time you （ ） that you are not the most important person in the world,” Edgar said to his boss angrily.

Scarcely had they settled in their seats in the cinema （ ） the film began.

It （ ） that the jewels had been stolen by a traveler.

So loudly （） that all the people in the room got a fright.

This passage is concerned with things that affect _________.