___ for the fact that you were lazy, you could have finished the assignment by now.

A．It were not

B．Weren’t it

C．Had it not been

D．Had not been

The foreign guests gave us some jewels like precious stones, gold rings and so on as gifts, but we

didn't know what to give them _____.     [ ]

A. in turn  

B. in return  

C. in reward  

D. in honor