1. The new secretary is supposed to report to the manager as soon as she ______ .
A. will arrive B. arrives C. is going to arrive D. is arriving
2. When I was at college I ______ three foreign languages, but I ______ all except a few words of each.
A. spoke; had forgotten B. spoke; have forgotten
C. had spoken; had forgotten D. had spoken; have forgotten
3. The police found that the house ______ and a lot of things______ .
A. has broken into; has been stolen
B. had broken into; had been stolen
C. has been broken into; stolen D. had been broken into; stolen
4. —Come on in, Peter. I want to show you something.
—Oh, how nice of you! I ______ you ______ to bring me a gift.
A. never think; are going B. never thought; were going
C. didn’t think; were going D. hadn’t thought; were going
5. The volleyball match will be put off if it______ .
A. will rain B. rains C. rained D. is raining
6. Mary______ a dress when she cut her finger.
A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes
7. She's upstairs______ letters.
A. writes B. is writing C. write D. writing
8. —Have you moved into the new house?
—Not yet. The rooms______ .
A. are being painting B. are painting
C. are painted D. are being painted
9. The students ______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ______ in the office.
A. had written ; left B.were writing ;has left
C.had written ;had left D.were writing ;had left
10. Whe and where to build the new factory ______ yet.
A.is not decided B. are not decided
C.has not decided D. .have not decided
11. When Jack arrived he learned Mary _____ for almost an hour.
A. had gone B. had set off C. had left D. had been away
12. ---Do you know our town at all?
---No, this is the first time I _______ here.
A. was B. have been C. came D. am coming
13. ---We could have walked to the station; it was so near.
---Yes. A taxi______at all necessary.
A. wasn't B. hadn't been C. wouldn't be D. won't be
14. If city noises _______ from increasing, people______ shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.
A. are not kept; will have to B. are not kept; have to
C. do not keep; will have to D. do not keep; have to
15. Tom_________ into the house when no one ________ .
A. slipped; was looking B. had slipped; looked
C. slipped; had looked D. was slipping; looked
16. In come parts of the world, tea ___with milk and sugar.
A. is serving B. is served C. serves D. served
17. —How long ______each other before they ___married?
—For about a year.
A. have they known; get B. did they know; were going to get
C. do they know; are going to get D. had they known; got
18. My dictionary______ . I have looked for it everywhere but still ___it.
A. has lost; don't find B. is missing; don't find
C. has lost; haven't found D. is missing; haven't found
19. Tom ought not ____to me your secret, but he meant no harm.
A. have told B. tell C. be telling D. having told
20. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ___office soon.
A. leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left
21. —Can I join your club, Dad?
—You can when you ______ a bit older.
A. get B. will get
C. are getting D. will have got
22. —I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
—Oh, not at all. I ______ here only a few minutes.
A. have been B. had been
C. was D. will be
23. I don't really work here; I ______ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out D. will just help out
24. I need one more stamp before my collection ______.
A. has completed B. completes
C. has been completed D. is completed
25. As she___ the newspaper, Granny____ asleep.
A. read; was falling B. was reading; fell
C. was reading; was falling D. read; fell
26. You don't need to describe her. I ___her several times.
A. had met B. have met
C. met D. meet
27. —Oh, it's you! I _____ you.
—I've just had my hair cut, and I'm wearing new glasses.
A. didn't recognize B. hadn't recognized
C. haven't recognized D. don't recognize
28. I first met Lisa three years ago. She_____ at a radio shop at the time.
A. has worked B. was working
C. had been working D. had worked
29. --- Is this raincoat yours?
---No, mine ___there behind the door.
A. is hanging B. has hung
C. hangs D. hung
30. Shirley_____a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing
31. --Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
--I am tired. I _____the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted C. have been painting D. have painted
32. －－Hey, look where you are going?
－－Oh, I'm terribly sorry._____．
A. I'm not noticing B.I wasn't noticing
C. I haven't noticing D.I don't noticing
33. Old McDonald gave up smoking for a while, but soon ______to his old ways.
