With a lot of difficult problems the newly-elected Prime Minister will have a hard time.A

问题补充：

With a lot of difficult problems, the newly-elected Prime Minister will have a hard time.

A. settled

B. settling

C. to settle

D. being settled

答案：

A. settled

B. settling

(答案→)C. to settle

D. being settled

解析：考查with复合结构。本题中的settle the problem是有句子的主语the newly-elected Prime Minister所做，所以使用主动形式表示被动含义，且不定式含有未来的意思。句意：因为有很多的问题要解决，这位新当选的总理过的很艰难。故C正确。