5 . 根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的单词或短语填空。

opened up,   except,   because of,   on business,   taking photos,   dream of,   in some ways,   a couple of,   from time to time

1. Mr. Chen has moved house, so he feels lonely ________.
2. The university has ________ a new world to us.
3. As soon as the students from Holland came to Huai’an, they couldn’t stop ________.
4. Our hometown has changed a lot over the years. ________, life is better now.
5. Kitty bought ________ key rings for her classmates.
6. You can go to Xinjiang for sightseeing in any season ________ winter.
7. I often ________ going abroad for further study.
8. My father went to Shanghai ________, so he didn’t come to our parents’ meeting.