The reason __being late for the meeting was__his little son fell ill this morning.[ ]

Tom urged that he _____ with so much work while his parents went on a snorkeling trip. [ ]

Mr. Ding, I have some problems_______ the passage.—Remember_______ it three or four times at least.

It wasn’t until 1970 the war finally came to an end after seven years of hard fighting.

My uncle has two children. But ____ of them lives with him.