---Why should you be so late today ?
---I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I ____________here earlier.
| A．had arrived |
| B．arrived |
| C．would arrive |
| D．would have arrived |
They've kept up a friendship with the teacher whom they were at school _____ twenty years ago.
| A．with | B．about | C．since | D．till |
You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had _____ her children.
| A．brought up | B．bring up | C．bringing up | D．to have brought up |
The farm as well as its neighbouring hills we once spent so much time _____ on a new look as recently as last year.
| A．on has taken | B．has taken | C．on having taken | D．having taken |
Before you decide to leave your job, _______ the effect it will have on your family.
| A．consider | B．considering | C．to consider | D．considered |
I felt it a great honour ______ to speak to you.
| A．to ask | B．asking | C．to be asked | D．having asked |