1. Where I met him he was working at IPH Pizza Hut. He said he ___there since July.

A. has been working B. had been working C. had worked D. was working
2. The book would have been perfect ___the ending.
A. had it not been forB. it had not been for C. hadn’t it been for D. it hadn’t been for
3. In Asian countries, __is a form of connection between two families or two clans rather than two
people.
A. marriage B. married C. marrying D. marry
4. We regret __ Samuel to the party. He was a real nuisance.
A. inviting B. be inviting C. to invite D. to have invited
5. I don’t know his number. I have quite enough trouble __my own.
A. to remember B. to remembering C. remember D. remembering
6. Travel agents usually advise __flight bookings three days before departure.
A. to confirm B. to reconfirm C. reconfirming D confirmation
7. He __this book for 3 months by the end of this week.
A. has been writing B. was writing C. is writing D. will have written
8. It ___dry here at this time of the year. It ___much.
A. is usually/does not rain C. has usually been/ is not raining
B. will usually be/ has not rained D. was usually/ will rain
9. While John ___ last night, someone ___his car.
A. was sleeping/ stole B. is sleeping/has stolen C. slept/had stolen D. had slept/was stealing
10. We wish it ___raining soon so that we can depart our trip.
A. stops B. will stop C. would stop D. had stopped
11. Peter was delighted __a former colleague at the conference.
A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met
12. Some experts said that by the year 2050 many people currently employed __their jobs.
A. have lost B. will be losing C. will have lost D. are losing
13. Yesterday evening the phone ___three times while you ___dinner out with your friends
A. would have rung/are having B. was ringing/have been ringing
B. rang/have had D. had rung/ were having
14. I wish that you ___such a bad headache because I’m sure that you’d have enjoyed the party.
A. didn’t have B. hadn’t had C. wouldn’t have D. won’t have
15. It would be very helpful if you precede your main presentation with an introduction. (OPPOSITE)
A. anticipate B. sponsor C. preface D. follow
16. The scientists conducted an experiment to find out the effect of the new medicine on human health.
A. carried out B. abandoned C. handle D. nominated (OPPOSITE)
17. My parents are going to LD, so I _with my grandpa for the next 2 weeks.
A. will stay B. will be staying C. stay D. am staying
18. Natural resources ___
A. are believed never to use up C. believed never to use up
B. are believing never to be used up D. are believed never to be used up
19. __our good market research, we __bankrupt.
A. Unless/will not have gone B. If / will not go C. But for/would have gone D. Suppose/ would not
go
20. John ___him my phone number.
A. invited me to give B. suggested me giving C. said to me give D. told me to give
21. You should give the iron time to heat up ___
A. while you will iron your clothes C. after you are ironing your clothes
B. before you iron your clothes D. as you will iron your clothes
22. If you ___to come, __me as soon as possible.
A. want/ please contact B. wanted/please contacting
B. would want/ please contacted D. will want/ please to contact
23. “Thank you for your help. I ___able to finish my thesis without it”.
A. was never B. would never be C. would have never been D. had never been
24. Does he prefer playing outdoor games to stay at home to listen to music?
25. By the beginning of next year, many of the people who live in that area may have difficult to find
employment.
26. The people who __the survey said that they had examined over 1000 accidents.
A. gave B. proceed C. set D. conducted
27. But for the dog we would have got completely lost.
A. We got lost but we got the dog with us.
B. We didn’t lose our way as we brought the dog.
C. If we had brought the dog, we wouldn’t have got lost.
D. It was easy to lose our way even if we had the dog with us.