经典习题

1.       If I ______ ten years younger, I ______ very happy.

A. were, would be   B. am, shall be   C. were, shall be   D. am, would be

2.       ------ You can ask your brother for help.

------ He is not at home. If he _______ , I ______ .

A. is, wood    B. were, would    C. is, will    D. were, will

3.       If you _______ the doctor’s advice, you would have already recovered.

A. follow     B. followed       C. would follow    D. had followed

4.       If he had not missed the train, he ______ by then.

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

5.       What would you have done last night, if you ______ to write your homework?

A. hadn’t      B. haven’t  had      C. didn’t have     D. hadn’t had

6.       ------ Did you catch the plane:

------ No, if I had hurried, I ______ .

A. would      B. would have       C. could          D. did

7.       Why didn’t you tell him the truth? If I ________ you, I would have.

A. were       B. had been         C. am            D. would be

8.       ------ How do you like the party?

------ Wonderful. If you had come with us, you _____ a good time.

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

9.       If I _______ out of my ink, I would have finished writing the paper.

A. didn’t run   B. shouldn’t run     C. haven’t run      D. hadn’t run

10.   If you _____ early tomorrow morning, you would be there by noon.

A. have started   B. were start     C. were to start     D. had  started

11. If you _____ to the moon one day, you would find it quite different from the earth.

A. travel        B. had traveled     C. should travel     D. have traveled

12.   What _______ yesterday if you ________ TV programme.

A. would you do, hadn’t watch   B. would you have done, hadn’t watched

C. could you do, didn’t watch    D. would you have done, didn’t watch

13.   ----- Are you thinking about going to Dalian for the vacation?

----- No, but if I ______ time, I _______ very glad to go there.

A. have, will be  B. had had, would have been  C. had, would be   D. had had, would be

14.   ------ My boss often made me work day and night.

------ If I _______ you, I ______ able to decide.

A. am, will give up   B. had been you, would have given up

C. were, would give up   D. had been you, would give up

15.   If you tell me all about it, I ______ able to decide.

A. would be    B. could be    C. were         D. shall be

16.   If you ________ George, would you please tell him to ring me ?

A. saw        B. were to      C. have seen      D. see

17.   I’m sure he hasn’t sent the letter. If he _______ it, I _______ it.

A. sent, got   B. sent, have got     C. sent, would go    D. had sent, would have got

18.   ------ Sally finally got here from Chicago.

------ If she ______ earlier, we ______ her to the party then.

A.      came, would take  B. had come, would have taken C. comes, will take D. had known, would take

19.   I don’t know whether to take the medicine at once. If I ______, I _______ it.

A.      knew, would take  B. had known, would have taken C. knew, would have taken D. had known, would take

20.   ------ Did you need any help with your mathes last night?

------ No. If I ______ , I ______ you.

A.      had, would have called B. had, would call C. had needed, would have called D. had needed, would call

21.   I don’t think he’ll attend the party, and _____ he attend it what would he wear?

A. were     B. had       C. should         D. did

22.   ________ she a man, she would run for president.

A. If were    B. Were      C. Be            D. Is

23.   _______ you were coming today, I would have met you at the railway station.

A. Have I known    B. I have known  C. Had I known     D. I had known

24.   ________ today, he would get there by Friday.

A. Was he leaving   B. If he leaves  C. Were he to leave  D. If he is leaving   

25.   Had you driven more slowly, the accident _____ .

A. might not happen   B. might not have happened  C. didn’t happen   D. hadn’t happened

26.   ______ I see him, I shall let you know.

A. Shall    B. Can      C. May          D. Should

27.   It’s impossible that it will rain. But if it _____ we would put off the plan.

A. were to rain   B. had rained     C. rains       D. would rain

28.   I’ll never fail, but if I _______ , I’d try again.

A. were fail    B. had failed    C. fails    D. should fail

29.   It looks as if they _____ the truth, but in fact they are not.

A. are telling  B. tell    C. told     D. were telling

30.   It rained and rained, as if it _______ .

A. never stopped    B. had never stopped   C. never stops        D. would never stop

31.   It seems as if I ______ about it as soon as it happened.

A. told  B. has told    C. had told     D. would tell

32.   I’m sorry I don’t know his address. I wish I ______ it .

A.  ’ve known   B. ’d known     C. knew       D. know

33.   ----- Did you leave early last night?

----- Yes, but I wish I ______ so early.

A. didn’t leave  B. hadn’t left    C. haven’t left   D. was not leaving

34.   I wish he ______ with us, but I’m sorry he isn’t coming.

A. is coming   B. would come   C. came   D. had come

35.   He insisted that nothing ______ till he arrived.

A. must be started    B. ought to be started    C. could be started    D. should be started

36.   Tom suggests that Ann _______ the house.

A. can sell     B. sells     C. sell       D. sold

37.   It’s better that he ______ it from you.

A. ’ll hear    B. hears      C. should hear     D. heard

38.   It was necessary that he ______ about what had happened.

A. be told     B. was told     C. should tell      D. tell

39.   It’s astonishing that she _______ sad at the news that it has nothing to do with her.

A. felt     B. should feel     C. ’ll feel      D. would feel

40.   It was strange that we ____ short of water in the country where it was always raining.

A. are     B. be         C. should be        D. both B and C

41.   I would buy that car, if I ______ enough money.

A. have       B. had      C. will have         D. had had

42.   Ford might have come to school in time for Professor Smith’s lecture, ________ .

A.      if he got up earlier  B. unless he has got up earlier C. but he got up rather late D. but he had got up so late

43.   ______ their help in the past years, he would be living a hard life and might even have starved to death.

A. With    B. If it were not for      C. If it had not been for  D. If not

44.   If it had not rained yesterday, the ground ________ muddy now.

A. is not    B. will not be    C. would not be    D. would not have beeen

45.   You ______ any difficulty now, if you had made a more careful plan.

A.      won’t meet with  B. would not meet with  C. would not have met with  D. have not met with

46.   He did his best in everything, ______ he would not have been what he was.

A. and      B. but    C. study    D. have studied

47.   ----- What would you wish to do if you were to be a college student again?

----- That’s very hard to say, but I wish I _________ biology when I was a college student.

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

48.   ----- You should have gone to the show with us yesterday. It’s very good.

----- I wished I _____ , but I was busy with my report.

A. had      B. did         C. would have       D. were

49.   Mr. Johnson said angrily, “Don’t order me about, as if I _____ your wife. I’m not. We are both the boss’s men.”

A. were     B. am       C. would be      D. had been

50.   ______ the thick fence, he would have been more fearful.

A. But for    B. Without    C. If it were not for  D. both A and B

51.   He talked as if he _____ to Beijing, but I knew he hadn’t.

A. went     B. were     C. had been      D. would have been

52.   ------ would you have told him the answer, if possible?

------ Yes, I would have, but I ______ very busy.

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

53.   If he ______ in England, what language could he probably speak now?

A. were born   B. had been born    C. would have been born  D. was born

54.   If we ____ Steven’s advice, we would not be lost in the forest.

A. took     B. had taken        C. have taken     D. would take

55.   If the government had built more houses for the homeless people after the earthquake, the housing problems now in some parts of the city ______ so serious now.

A. wouldn’t be  B. will not have been   C. wouldn’t have been    D. would have not been

56.   What a heavy rain it is! If we _______ the rain coat, we wouldn’t _______ in the rain.

A. had put on, be walking   B. put on, walk  

C. put on, be walking       D. should put on, walk

57.   ---- Why is the window broken?

---- If I _______ care, it ______ .

A. took, wouldn’t happen   B. had taken, wouldn’t have happened

C. took, wouldn’t have happened     D. had taken, wouldn’t happen

58.   ----- Do you think the thief entered through the side door?

----- No, if he had, he ______ the living room window.

A. would break   B. would have broken    C. wouldn’t break    D. wouldn’t have broken

59.   I ___ one of Tom’s paintings, but if I had, he would have given it to me.

A. wanted     B. want    C. didn’t want    D. don’t want

60.   I’ve forgotten his telephone number. If I ________ it down, I _____ you now.

A.      put, would have told  B. put, would tell 

C. had put, would have told  D. had put, would tell

61.   It is strange that she _____ marry such an ugly man.

A. would     B. should      C. shall     D. must

62.   It’s not right that the meeting _______ off till tomorrow.

A. must be put    B. must put    C. will be put      D. be put

63.   It was impossible that he _____ the train, for he had started out very early.

A. could have missed  B. must have missed  C. should have missed   D. should miss

64.   It’s a pity that he _______ such a good chance.

A. should miss    B. should have missed    C. has missed      D. all the above

65.   He tried to find some excuse for the debt, but I insisted that he ______ it off at once.

A. must pay     B. ought to pay    C. paid       D. pay

66.   Mr. Ford insisted that he ________ right, though the others didn’t think so.

A. should do    B. should have done     C. had done      D. did

67.   His pale face suggested that he ______ the sad news.

A. should be told    B. should have been told      C. was told       D. had been told

68.   He suggested that we _______ here at once.

A. should leave   B. must leave     C. left        D. ought to leave

69.   My order is that everyone _______ their own work in time.

A. must complete   B. completed     C. completes        D. complete

70.   We’ve made the decision that we _______ at the school gate at 7 tomorrow morning.

A. will gather      B. are about to gather       C. would gather     D. should gather

71.   ----- I’ll be waiting for you at home.

----- _______ I were busy and couldn’t come?

A. What if      B. What when       C. How if         D. How when

72.   After he was praised for what he had done, he said, “I ______ even better under harder conditions.”

A. would do     B. would have done      C. did         D. had done

73.   It has been raining for a day, but even though it _____ , we ______ there by tomorrow.

A. hadn’t rained, couldn’t get  B. hadn’t rained, can’t get  C. didn’t rain, couldn’t get D. didn’t rain, can’t get

74.   We could not have succeeded ______ your help.

A. but for      B. without       C. if it had not been for     D. all the above

75.   I dare say he is not your true friend, because a true friend ______ differently when you were in trouble.

A. acted       B. had acted      C. would act          D. would have acted

76.   Remember, science requires your whole life, and even if you ______ two lives, they ______ enough.

A. have, is      B. have, isn’t         C. had, would be      D. had , wouldn’t be

77.   It was a hard work, but divided into groups, we ______ it easily.

A. might completed   B. might have completed   C. completed       D. had completed

78.   If only I _______ his advice, but I’m sorry I didn’t.

A. would not take    B. would not have taken    C. didn’t take      D. hadn’t taken

79.   ------- Do you want the door to be painted green?

------- I would rather it ______ blue.

A. would be painted     B. is painted      C. will be painted      D. was painted

80.   It’s time we ______ to the concert.

A. went      B. go         C. will go         D. should go