16. If I ______ in the twenty-first century, I ______ my vacation in a very different way.

a. should livewould spend

b. will live .should spend
c. are living should have spent
d. will be livingwould have spent
17. It is required that the machine ______ as
a. be oiled b. must be oiled c. is oiled d. will oil

frequently

as

necessary.

18. His English teacher recommends that he ______ a regular degree program.
a. begins b. begin c. will begin d. is beginning
19. We prefer that the plan ______ before being put into execution.
a. is fully discussed b. must be fully discussed c. be fully discussed d. will be
fully discussed
20. ______,
we
could
not
have
finished
the
work
on
time.
a. If they do not help us b. Was it not for their help c. Should they offer to help us d.
But for their help
21. Henry ______ a rich man today if he had been more frugal in the past.
a. would be b. is c. will be d. was
22. They thought it desirable that an armed
a. stands b. stand c. stood d. would stand

guard

______

in

readiness.

23. All science students, ______, should have a good foundation in basic sciences.
a. whether they are future physicists and chemists b. they are future physicists of
chemists
c. they should be future physicists of chemists
d. be they future physicists or
chemists
24. I should very much like to have gone to the party
a. am not invited
b. was not invited
c. shall not be invited
invited

but I ______.
d. am not being

25. There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that
chief attention ______ to the undertaking that is expected to bring in highest profit.
a. is given b. gives c. should be given d. must be given
26. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning
temperature.
a. be heated b. is heated c. would be heated d. to heat
27. If we had known that she had planned to arrive today, we ______ her at the bus
station.
a. may have met b. might meet c. may meet d. might have met
28. Were safer in a train than we would be if we ______ any other way.
a. traveled b. had traveled c. travel d. have traveled
29. He told me how he had given me shelter and protection without which I ______ of
hunger
and
cold.
a. would be died b. would have died c. would die d . will have died
30. Had electronic computers not been invented, many problems of space flight ______.
a. could be not solved b. could not be solved c. could not have been solved d.
could not have solved