1. --- Oh, dear. I forgot the air tickets.
--- You _____ something.
A. have left
B. are always leaving
C. are leaving
D. always left
2. --- I ______ so busily recently that I ____________ no time to help you with your math.
--- That ' s OK. I can manage it by myself.
A. have been working; have
B. have worked; had
C. am working; will have
D. had been working; had had
3. Remember to send me a photo of us next time you _______ to me.
A. are writing
B. will write
C. has written
D. write
4. He ____ at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him.
A. will speak
B. is going to speak
C. had to speak
D. was going to speak
5. --- I beg your pardon, but I didn ' t quite catch you.
--- Oh, I _____ myself.
A. am talking to
B. talked about
C. have talked to
D. was talking to
6. I ____ ping- pong quite well, but I haven ' t had time to play since the New Year.
A. will play
B. have played
C. played
D. play
7. I first met Tom10 years ago. He __________ in a radio factory at that time.
A. had worked
B. has worked
C. was working
D. has been working
8. --- What _____ when I phoned you?
--- I _____ my work, and I wanted to go out.
A. have you done; finished
B. were you doing; have finished
C. did you do; had just finished
D. were you doing; had just finished
9. --- Have you finished the report?
--- No. I _____ it all this week.
A. will do
B. had done
C. have done
D. have been doing
10. I can guess you were in a hurry. You _____ your sweater inside out.
A. had worn
B. wore
C. were wearing
D. are wearing
11. --- We _____ that you would fix the TV set this week.
--- I' m sorry. I _________ to fix it this week, but I ' ve been too busy.
A. had expected; had intended
B. are expecting; had intended
C. expect; intend
D. expected; intend
12. --- Why? Tom, your shirt is so dirty!
--- Mum, I _____ my storeroom downstairs.
A. cleaned
B. have cleaned
C. was cleaning
D. have been cleaning
13. They won ' t buy new clothes because they ________ money to buy a new house.
A. save
B. are saving
C. have saved
D. were saving
14. The traffic in our city is already good and it ____ even better.
A. gets
B. got
C. has got
D. is getting
15. --- I will come to attend your lecture at 10:00 tomorrow.
--- I ' m sorry, by then my lecture w ill have ended and I _____
my guests in my office.
A. is being met
B. will meet
C. will be meeting
D. will have met
16. --- Alice came back home the day before yesterday.
--- Really? Where ____ ?
A. has she been
B. had she been
C. has she gone
D. had she gone
17. I know Mr. Brown; we _____ to each other at an international
conference.
A. are introduced
B. are been introduced
C. were introduced
D. had been introduced
18. --- Where do you think ____ he _______ the computer?
--- Sorry. I have no idea.
A. has; bought
B. 不填; bought
C. did; buy
D. 不填; buys
19. Don ' t bother to look for my dictionary --- it ______ some day.
A. turns up
B. has turned up
C. will turn up
D. is going to turn up
20. --- What do you think of this kind of TV set, which ______________ in Shanghai?
--- Well, I don ' t care about such things.
A. was made
B. is made
C. has been made
D. had been made
21. --- Did he notice you enter the room?
--- I don ' t think so. He ________ to the radio with his eyes shut.
A. listened
B. was listening
C. has listened
D. had listened
22. The plane ____ at 7:00 pm, so I have to be at the airport by 6:40
at the latest.
A. has left
B. would leave
C. will have left
D. leaves
23. The train ___ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about
nine o ' clock tonight.
A. went
B. is going
C. goes
D. will be going
24. I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I _______ coffee.
A. prefer
B. preferred
C. had preferred
D. am preferring
25. The vegetables didn 't taste very good. They ___________ too long.
A. had been cooked
B. were cooked
C. have cooked
D. cooked
26. --- Remember the first time we met, Jim?
--- Of course I do. You ______ in the library.
A. were reading
B. had read
C. have read
D. read
27. I want to buy that kind of cloth because I _______ the cloth ______
well.
A. have told; washes
B. have been told; washes
C. was told; washed
D. have been told; is washed
28. --- Is Tom still smoking?
--- No. By next Saturday he __________ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.
A. will be
B. will have gone
C. will have been
D. has been going
29. --- ___ Betty this morning?
--- Not yet, but she is sure to be here before noon.
A. Have you seen
B. Will you see
C. Do you see
D. Did you see?
30. Jim talked for about half an hour yesterday. Never ___ him talk
so much.
A. I heard
B. did I hear
C. I had heard
D. had I heard
31. --- Look at the black clouds. It ___ soon.
--- Sure. If only we ______ out.
A. is raining; didn ' t come
B. is to rain; won ' t start
C. will rain; haven ' t started
D. is going to rain; hadn ' t come
32. He ___ articles for our wall-newspaper these three years, and he _________ about forty articles.
A. has been writing; has written
B. has been writing; wrote
C. is writing; has been writing
D. has written; has written
33. She _____ to the office than she got down to writing the report.
A. has no sooner got
B. had hardly got
C. no sooner got
D. had no sooner got
34. Whenhe was alive, the old scientist used to say that knowledge ___________ from practice and he gained his experience by doing a lot of practical work.
A. was coming
B. had come
C. comes
D. would come
35. --- Don' t forget to bring my new books tomorrow afternoon.
--- No, I _____ .
A. don ' t
B. do
C. won t
D. will
36. I decided to go to the library as soon as I _______ .
A. finished what I was doing
B. finished what I did
C. would finish what I was doing
D. finish what I did
37. You won 't know whether the coat fits you until y ou ______ it on.
A. will try
B. have tried
C. tried
D. are trying
38. 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
39. __ it with me and I ' ll see what I can do.
A. When left
B. Leaving
C. If you leave
D. Leave
40. --- How are you planning to travel to Shanghai?
--- I _____ yet, but I ______ taking a train.
A. didn 't decide; am considering
B. haven ' t decided; consider
C. haven 't decided; am considering
D. hadn 't decided; have considered
41. --- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favour?