从所给7个短语中挑选5个并根据句意用其正确形式填空。

【小题1】The small town lay ______________ after the typhoon.
【小题2】He ______________ a divorce at the moment, which is why he seems to be absent-minded.
【小题3】______________, no one knows the truth at last.
【小题4】In my opinion, every chance should ______________ to practice our oral English.
【小题5】Right after retirement, they ______________ to go and settle in the countryside.