-----Where is your new home now?-----In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years.

—Mike, please don’t make so much noise.—Pardon?—I ______ you not to make so much noise.

I arrived late and missed the flight. I ____ the traffic to be so heavy.

The past two years _______ a sharp rise in oil price，which adds to the burden of auto transportation industry.

---Each of the students working hard at their lessons ________ the book. ---- So have I.