．—That must have been a long trip.—Yeah, it________us a whole week to get there.

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

I wish you hadn’t given him my telephone number, but you     .

  The teacher tells his students to read the novel over and over again until they ______ it.

—Guess what! We’ve got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer.—How nice! You ________ a different culture then.