It has been years ________ I returned home.
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译文：我回家已经有好几年了。此题考查连词since的用法。since表示“从(过去某事)以来，以后或到现在”时，主句多用完成时态。又如：WherehaveyoubeensinceIlastsawyou?自从我上次见到你以后，你到哪去了?
Weareinterestedintheweatherbecauseit_______ussodirectly—whatwewear,whatwedoandevenhowwefeel.
Theword“minister”originallymeant“aservant”,butnowhaschangedto“aheadofaministry”.Thisprocessofmeaningchangeiscalled______.
OxfordAdvancedLearnersDictionary’,3rdEdition(1980),isamongthebest-knownBritish______dictionaries.