经典习题（40页）

1. I don’t know if the teacher         us in the party next week.

    A. joins   B. has joined   C. will join   D. is joining

2. They have just decided that they         up the job.

    A. take   B. have taken   C. took   D. won’t take

3. I         my key and can’t enter the house.

    A. lost   B. had lost   C. have lost   D. lose

4. I         two tickets for the football match. Would you like to go with me?

    A. got   B. have got   C. had got   D. get

5. Your parents         for you everywhere. Go back quickly!

    A. looked   B. are looking   C. look   D. have looked

6. The couple         each other since their school days.

    A. have know   B. has known   C. knows   D. know

7. —         that letter?

  —Yes. I         it when I tidied the drawer.

    A. Did you find, have found   B. Did you find, has found

    C. Have you found, found   D. Have you found, have found

8. The police found 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

9. Mary told me that she         to the supermarket before coming home.

    A. went   B. had gone   C. has gone   D. goes

10. Don’t worry. This isn’t the last test. These         another one in two weeks.

    A. will be going to   B. will be   C. is   D. has been

11.The plane is on the point of taking off. This sentence means the plane____.

A. is about to taking off       B. is going to taking off

C. is about take off           D. shall take off

12. When I arrived home he _______ for almost one hour.

A. had left     B. left      C. had been away    D. was away

13. — Did you wait for very long.

  ---- yes . I ____ to bed until five in the morning.

A. did go   B. didn’t go   C. had not gone  D. went

14. my father ______to Beijing on business since 1984.

A. often goes  B. has often been  C. often went   D. is often going

15.—what is happening in the new area?

  ----new houses ____recently over there.

A.  are built   B. build  c have built D. have been built

16.----I’m sorry to have kept you waiting. How long ?

-----I _____ here for you since noon.

A.      waited  B. have been waiting  C. had waited  D. had been waiting

17. How many years ago ____ in the town?

A. did you live B. have you lived C. had you lived   D. do you live

18.Her mother has been sick ______ in last Monday.

A.      for  B. since  C. x  D. during

19. --- Is Nancy living here?

   --- yes, she _____ here in the past four weeks .

A. lived   B. lives    C. is living     D. has been living

20.--- Did you see Bob this morning?

  --- Yes, at nine he ______TV at home .

A. has watched    B. had watched    C. was watching  D. had been watching

21.—Are Alice and Tom still living in New York ?

A. No ,they _____ Dallas.  B. had just moved   C. have just moved  D. will just moved

22.London ______ an important city for centuries . and it _______ important .

A. are just moved   B. was, will be   C. is , is   D.  has been , was 

23. --- Do you know Mr. Zhou ?

   --- A. Yes, I ______ for a long time.

A. know    B. is knowing       C. have known   D. knew

24. When we met them in the street , they ____ to the film .

A. were going  B. had gone     C. would go   D went   

25.I ________ all the work to be completed as soon as I _______  .

A. shall expect ,return      B. expect , have returned

C. expect , shall return      D. have expected , have returned

26. The dog _______ her on the leg when she ______ it.

A. was biting , was catching    B. bit , caught

C. bit , was catching          D. had bit , had caught

27. The hardworking student _______ a good rest ever since the month before last .

A. had not had    B. has not had   C. did not have     D. does not have

28. He wondered whether I ______ the birthday party the next day.

A. will           B. attended        C. had attended                D. would attend

29. She decided to take a second course since she _____ the first one.

A. has completed              B. is completing             C. had completed              D. will complete

30. I’m afraid it will be two weeks ______.

A. when I come back              B. when I’ll come back             

C. before I come back            D. before I’ll come back

31. She is very cold to me. She told me her name after I ______ her twice.

A. ask           B. have asked             C. asked                D. had asked

32. I ______ go on the trip, when it began to rain.

A. was to       B. was going to C. would                   D. was about to

33. –Where is John?

   --He ______ to town for two hours.

A. has gone    B. went              C. has been away              D. was away

34. Please don’t bring me some books next time you ______.

A. will come          B. come         C. are come              D. is coming

35. The doctor ______ on the patient presently; he has not yet pre0ared himself for the operation.

A. is operating         B. will operate           C. has operated         D. has been operating

36. Joe ______, but when she saw me she ______.

A. was dancing, stopped                 B. danced, stopped

C. had danced, was stopping         D. had danced, stopped

37. Everybody knew that the football games ______ if there ______ such a terrible rain storm once more.

A. would stop, would be              B. would stop, had been

C. would stop, was                      D. would have stopped, was

38. We were all surprised when be made it clear that he ______ office soon.

A. leaves        B. would leave    C. left          D. had left

39. Mary ______ to see you. She ______ for you downstairs at the moment.

A. has come, is waiting                  B. came, is waiting

C. has come, waited                   D. came, was waiting

40. You ______ many peasant children on the threshing ground whenever a film ______.

A. see, shows        B. will see, is showing      C. have seen, is shown  D. are seeing, shows

41. –The possibility of a flood was just reported over the radio.

   --Yes, I heard about it. The river ______ the top of its bank.

A. reached             B. was reaching         C. had reached           D. has reached

42. I ______ a glass while I ______ the dinner yesterday.

A. has broken, was cooking          B. was breaking, cooked

C. had broken, was cooking          D. broke, was cooking

43. I ______ him for the first time in 1988, so in 1998, I ______ him for ten years.

A. met, knew         B. met, had known           C. was meeting, know      D. would met, had known

44. He looked rather pale, for he ______ ill for a week.

A. was          B. has been         C. would be              D. had been

45. When Mother got home, I was pretty fed up, because I ______ since eight o’clock.

A. had been waiting          B. waited            C. was waiting           D. had waited

46. By six o’clock yesterday morning I ______ here for twelve hours.

A. worked             B. was working         C. had worked           D. would worked

47. The ten-year-old girl ______ the piano from the age of five, so she ______ it for five years.

A. had studied, had studied            B. studied, had studied

C. studied, studied                         D. had studied, studied

48. That dinner was the most expensive meal we ______.

A. would have               B. had               C. had ever had               D. have ever had

49. –Let’s hurry. The film will begin soon.

   --Oh, yes, but I ______ afraid that it ______.

A. was, already began             B. was, had already begun

C. am, already began            D. am, has already begun

50. Don’t forget, it’ll be the first time I ______ in public.

A. will speak        B. speak         C. spoke         D. have spoken

51. –We should have walked to the station; it was not so far.

   --Yes, a taxi _______ necessary al all.

A. wasn’t      B. hadn’t been            C. wouldn’t be           D. won’t be

52. You are late again. What ______ to you this time?

A. happened           B. was happening              C. has happened       D. is happening

53. Mrs. Smith ______ busily when I went back for the bag I _______ in the office.

A. was typing, have left                B. had typed, left

C. was typing, had left                  D. had typed, had left

54. –Have you decided already?

   --Yes, I ______ at once.

A. decided             B. have decided          C. will decide             D. decide

55. “you haven’t met Mr. Warner yet.” I ______ you ______ last week.

A. think, did           B. think, do               C. thought, did           D. thought, do

56. The population in China ______ to one and a half billion by the year 2000.

A. will increase                     B. will be increased             

C. will have increased       D. will have been increased

57. – Are you better now?

   -- No, it’s so bad. But I’m very glad that you have often helped me since I ______ ill.

A. have been        B. was           C. is               D. had been

58. Can I go out for a walk when I ______ my homework?

A. do             B. did          C. will do                 D. have done

59. I recognized him at once, for I ______ somewhere.

A. have seen        B. had seen              C.  saw        D. would see

60. I enjoy Lu Xun’s works, so I ______ three of his books.

A. have been reading           B. am reading             C. read           D. have read

61. –Did you meet Ann here at the university?

   --Yes, we ______ when I started college.

A. have already met  B. had already met   C. would meet            D. met

62. It ______ and the street was still wet.

A. had been raining    B. was raining                   C. had rained            D. all the above

63. I ______ for three hours when he called.

A. was working              B. worked   C. would work           D. had been working

64. –Did you go to Dalian for the vacation?

   --No, I ______ to, but I got sick.

A. planned             B. have planned   C. would plan             D. had planned

65. I haven’t heard form him _______.

A. since two weeks before         B. for two weeks

C. for two weeks ago                    D. since two weeks

66. If they ______ as I ______ them, they would complete it in time.

A. did, told            B. did, had told         C. had done, had told D. had done, told

67. The situation there was much worse than he______.

A. expected           B. had expected        C. has expected          D. would expected

68. They won’t believe until they ______ it by themselves.

A. will see             B. saw                         C. have seen                     D. will have seen

69. It ______ yesterday after it ______ dry for many months.

A. rained, had been        B. was raining, was           C. was raining, has been       D. rained, has been

70. The foreigners praised the workers for what they ______.

A. had done                 B. had been doing             C. was dong              D. all the above

71. –Have you graduated from college?

   --Yes, I ______ there for four years.

A. study                B. studied               C. have studied           D. had studied

72. Hello! Glad to meet you here. I ______ you ______ in London too.

A. don’t know, were       B. don’t know, are       C. didn’t know, were  D. didn’t know, are

73. I should very much like to have gone to the party, but ______.

A. nobody had told me to             B. I had not been invited

C. I was not invited                          D. all the above

74. The man ______ on the free way for almost an hour when he ______ he should come back.

A. was, told           B. had been, was told  C. had been, told              D. was, was told

75. Please don’t enter the room, because it ______.

A. has been painted   B. is painted           C. is painting              D. is being painted

76. –Why is it so noisy in the next room?

   --Because the five children ______for three hours and their parents ______ the house since they got up.

A. have been up, have gone              B. had got up, have left

C. have been up, have left         D. have got up, have been away from

77. My dictionary ______ and I have looked for it everywhere but still ______ it.

A. has lost, don’t find                B. is lost, don’t find

C. has lost , haven’t found        D. is lost, haven’t found

78. That will be the second cigarette he ______ today.

A. smoked             B. has smoked          C. had smoked           D. would smoke

79. I don’t think Tom can help you, for he ______ to the market.

A. has gone           B. has been              C. goes              D. went

80. I was tired when you saw me yesterday afternoon because I ______.

A. had been running   B. ran              C. would run              D. has run