I saw Helen at the party last month It _________ a year since we met last time

We don’t understand the passage ______ there are few new words in it.

It ___Mr. Li three hours to finish his work yesterday .

The little girl her seat to an old man on the bus –What a kind girl!

(2013·陕西宝鸡二模)The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ________ is often the case in other countries.