1. The breakdown service arrived five minutes after he _________ .

A. had been phoning

B. phoned
C. had phoned
D. was phoning
2. It soon became apparent that the cast ____________ enough rehearsals.
A. hasn’t got
B. has not had
C. had not had
D. does not have
3. As recently as last year, James _________ by an African government to advice
on the restaurant
A. was asked
B. has been asked
C. asked
D. has asked
4. Do you have any objection ___________ your fingerprints?
A. with the police taking
B. to the police taking
C. with the police to take
D. to the police to take
5. Please come __________ and see us some time – you’re always welcome.
A. about
B. to
C. round
D. way
6. After take –off, the chief pilot announced that all the food for the passengers
____________ at the airport.
A. have been left
B. left
C. has been left
D. had been left
7. I watched while the furniture ______ from my apartment to the truck.
A. is being moved
B. was being moved
C. has been moved
D. is moved
8. In the last two decades, space exploration ________ great contributions to
weather forecast.
A. has made
B. is making
C. made
D. makes
9. The doctor told him to keep ________ sweets and chocolate to lose weight.
A. back
B. off
C. at
D. up
10. A cupful of stagnant water may ________ millions of microorganisms
A. containing
B. contain
C. contains
D. to contain
11. Scientists __________ noise levels in many big cities for the last ten years.
A. have been measured
B. were measured
C. have been measuring
D. measured
12. John felt pretty upset and worried because of what Marry ________ about their
marriage.
A. said
B. has said
C. had said
D. says
13. It’s a pity you can’t join us. I wish you _______ work this weekend.
A. won’t have to
B. didn’t have to
C. don’t have to
D. hadn’t had to
14. Ann didn’t have enough money for a ticket, but luckily she _______ borrow
some for her friends
A. may
B. was able to
C. might
D. could
15. Mary looked everywhere for John, who was _______ before she did.
A. to arrive
B. arriving
C. to have arrived
D. to be arriving
16. Once the fire _______ out we had to sit in the cold
A. lit
B. fell
C. went
D. came
17. I have always been told that a rolling stone _______ no moss.
A. would gather
B. gathered
C. gathers
D. gathering
18. New words are constantly being invented ______ new objects and concepts.
A. describe
B. describing
C. to describe
D. for describing
19. Let’s wait in the hallway where we’ll be ________ the strong wind.
A. protected from
B. protecting by
C. protected by
D. protecting from
20. Bill had always hoped _______ Mount Everest.
A. climbed
B. climbing
C. to climb
D. to have climbed
21. Dogs usually wag their tails while they _________
A. were being petted
B. were petted
C. are petted
D. are being petted
22. They are going to ban photography at the exhibition next week, so don’t bother
to take your camera. You ______ to take photos
A. can’t be allowed
B. won’t be allowed
C. shouldn’t be allowed
D. couldn’t be allowed
23. John ________ the proprietor of this store for the past twenty years
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been
24. She found it hard to ________ up to the fact that she would never be famous.
A. face
B. keep
C. get
D. come
25. When the tenants failed to pay their bills, the authorities decided to cut ____
the gas supply.
A. out
B. off
C. down
D. across
26. We wish we ______ so much money when we were in Shanghai last year.
A. wouldn’t have spent
B. didn’t spend
C. hadn’t spent
D. wouldn’t spend
27. The old building suddenly collapsed one day. Luckily the owner wasn’t in
there or he _____ killed
A. could have been
B. could be
C. can have been
D. can be
28. When I meet her last year, I felt as if I _____ her all my life.
A. have known
B. know
C. had known
D. had been knowing
29. John always talks a lot about Rome as though he _______ there himself.
A. was there
B. has been there
C. were there
D. had been there
30. She tried to prevent the dog ______ running into the road.
A. against
B. for
C. to
D. from
31. The plane _______ down ten minutes late because of bad weather
A. landed
B. put
C. touched
D. flew
32. Peter went out for two hours. When he turned I asked him where ______
A. he had been
B. he has been
C. has he been
D. had he been
33. The teachers at the school went ______ with flu one after the other.
A. down
B. out
C. under
D. off
34. She went _________ a bad cold just before Christmas
A. in for
B. through
C. over
D. down with
35. He was tired so he ______to lie down for a little while.
A. will decide
B. has deciding
C. decides
D. decided
36. Mary wants to know whether her new dress _______
A. had been delivered
B. has been delivered
C. to have been delivered
D. is delivered
37. The postman came and collected the parcel, so we _______ them to the post
office.
A. mustn’t have taken
B. mustn’t take
C. needn’t need to take
D. haven’t got to take
38. For safety reasons, large sum of money ______ in a bank
A. ought keep
B. ought kept
C. ought to be kept
D. ought to kept
39. Tim has switched his mobile off. He _______ a shower or something.
A. may have
B. may be having
C. must have
D. can have
40. My uncle has had a vegetable garden all his life. He ________ his own
vegetables
A. used to grow
B. used to growing
C. used to be grow
D. is accustomed to growing
41. Look Jack, I’ve _______ your bad behavior long enough!
A. put up
B. get on well
C. put through
D. put up with
42. Since the new administration came into officer our city ______ steady progress
A. showed
B. is showing
C. has shown
D. had shown
43. It is essential that vitamins ________ either by foods or by supplementary
tablets.
A. are supplied
B. supplied
C. can be supplied
D. be supplied
44. Why is the girl over there looking at me as though she ______ me? I have
never seen her before.
A. had known
B. has known
C. knew
D. knows
45. The recommendation that all people affected by the storm _______
immediately was approved.
A. be evacuated
B. ought to be evacuated
C. must be evacuated
D. had to be evacuated
46. Linda promised to show me the dress she ______ the day before.
A. buying
B. had bought
C. has bought
D. bought
47. The two robbers have been arrested and ______ in court tomorrow.
A. appeared
B. will appear
C. will be appeared
D. to appear
48. Mr Brown is pleased to see that the football team _______ so well.
A. doing
B. had done
C. has done
D. done
49. We expected him at eight but he finally ______ at midnight.
A. came to
B. came off
C. turned in
D. turned out
50. You were mad to drive here on these slippery roads. You ______ an accident
A. should have had
B. could have had
C. must have had
D. ought to have
51. We had a professional photographer _______ pictures of everyone who
participated in our wedding
A. took
B. takes
C. take
D. to take
52. There is just too much work to be done. We’ll have to _______ some new
employees
A. get off
B. get on
C. take on
D. take off
53. The job offer was too good for him to turn ______.
A. away
B. off
C. down
D. out
54. It is not necessary that he _______ an entrance examination to be admitted to
an American university
A. takes
B. take
C. must take
D. be taking
55. The Roman Literature _______ into one volume about the year 1240
A. collected and condensed
B. is collected and condensed
C. has been collected and condensed
D. was collected and condensed