Traffic conditions in Beijing ________ for decades. At first people only complained about jams during rush hours，but today every hour is rush hour.

---I hear you won the prize in the English contest last week. ---That was the second time I ________ the prize.

-Did you catch the first bus?-No ,it_______ the stop by the time I got there.

They ___ every means, but the engine __ work.

I want to buy that kind of cloth because I ______ the cloth ______ well．