请根据各句上下文的意义，选择正确的单词填入空白处。

1.I saw a man in a blue jacket thirty meters ____________ me.

2.It was a few moments before his eyes _________ the bright glare of the sun.

3.I regret to say your performance didn’t’ get to the requirements, ________, you can’’t be accepted by our company..

4.______________ half an hour every day to do some English reading is a good way to improve  your English study.

5.She has a preference for Chinese art, and for calligraphy and Beijing opera ________.

6.___________ how much these wild animals means to our future generation, more and more people have been quitting the bad habit of eating them.

7.I saw some smoke ________________.

8.He ___________ tell me the secret when some patted him on the shoulder.

9.It doesn’t             whether he comes or not.

10.What will you                your pocket money?