please solve it

Question

Also, these poor ones ______________ getting help all the time or have been avoided for as long.

(a) are either been

(b) have either been

(c) were been

(d) been

Answer 1

The answer is b. The key is the word "or" these poor ones have either been getting help all the time or have been avoided for as long. If you read the sentence aloud with each answers inserted it will help you to hear which answer is correct, also.