1. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ____ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.
A. begin
B. began
C. have begun
D. had begun
2. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ____ advertisements showing happy families.
A. will often see
B. often see
C. are often seeing
D. have often seen
3. —I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.
—Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ____ ?
A. was leaving
B. had left
C. has left
D. left
4. —What were you doing when Tony phoned you?
—I had just finished my work and ____ to take a shower.
A. had started
B. started
C. have started
D. was starting
5. I ____ you not to move my dictionary. I can’t find it now.
A. asked
B. ask
C. was asking
D. had asked
6. —Has Sam finished his homework today?
—I have no idea. He ____ it this morning.
A. did
B. has done
C. was doing
D. had done
7. —What’s that terrible noise?
—The neighbors ____ for a party.
A. have prepared
B. are preparing
C. prepare
D. will prepare
8. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ____ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered
B. has been considering
C. considered
D. is going to consider
9. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class ____ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.
A. was
B. were
C. had been
D. would be
10. The discussion ____ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.
A. was coming
B. had come
C. has come
D. came
11. Because the shop ____ , all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A. has closed down
B. closed down
C. is closing down
D. had closed down
12. Let’s keep to the point or we ____ any decisions.
A. will never reach
B. have never reached
C. never reach
D. never reached
13. My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I ____ half of it.
A. was missing
B. had missed
C. will miss
D. missed
14. It is said in the book that Thomas Edison (1847—1931) ____ the world-leading inventor for sixty years.
A. would be
B. has been
C. had been
D. was
15. —You were out when I dropped in at your house.
—Oh, I ____ for a friend from England at the airport.
A. was waiting
B. had waited
C. am waiting
D. has waited
16. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ____ 50 million.
A. have reached
B. has reached
C. are reaching
D. had reached
17. He kept looking at her, wondering whether he ____ her somewhere.
A. saw
B. has seen
C. sees
D. had seen
18. The crazy fans ____ patiently for two hours and they would wait till the movie star arrived。
A. were waiting
B. had been waiting
C. had waited
D. would wait
19. She ____ her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job.
A. would change
B. has changed
C. changed
D. was changing
20. The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power ____ increased enormously ever since.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. had been
21. —You haven’t said a word about my new coat, Brenda. Do you like it?
—I’m sorry I ____ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.
A. wasn’t saying
B. don’t say
C. won’t say
D. didn’t say
22. All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervousness ____ .
A. has grown
B. is growing
C. grew
D. had grown
23. Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will ____ fresh for several days.
A. be stayed
B. stay
C. be staying
D. have stayed
24. How can you possibly miss the news? It ____ on TV all day long.
A. has been
B. had been
C. was
D. will be
25. —Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.
—Where was I?
—You ____ you didn’t like your father’s job.
A. had said
B. said
C. were saying
D. had been saying
26. I arrived late; I ____ the road to be so icy.
A. wouldn’t expect
B. haven’t expected
C. hadn’t expected
D. wasn’t expecting
27. I ____ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time!
A. had fallen asleep
B. have fallen asleep
C. fell asleep
D. fall asleep
28. Although he has lived with us for years, he ____ us much impression.
A. hadn’t left
B. didn’t leave
C. doesn’t leave
D. hasn’t left
29. I ____ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.
A. will play
B. have played
C. played
D. play
30. I wonder why Jenny ____ us recently. We should have heard from her by now.
A. hasn’t written
B. doesn’t write
C. won’t write
D. hadn’t written
31. A short time before she ____ , the old lady ____ a will (遗嘱), leaving all her money to her brother.
A. died; has written
B. has died; wrote
C. had died; wrote
D. died; had written
32. — Kate doesn’t look very well. What’s wrong with her?
— She has a headache because she ____ too long; she ought to stop work.
A. has been reading
B. had read
C. is reading
D. was reading
33. As time ____ on, Sally began to wonder if Bruce ____ Bilks’new poem called Tabled’Hute.
A. has gone; had read
B. went; has read
C. goes; has read
D. went; had read
34. —Mike, do you know who wanted me on the phone?
—Sorry. I don’t know. I ____ a bath in the bathroom.
A. have had
B. was having
C. had
D. am having
35. —Could you tell me how your father usually goes to work?
—Yes. If it is fine, he ____ to his office.
A. will walk
B. will go on foot
C. walks
D. would go on foot
36. — I called you at ten, but there was no reply.
—Oh, that was probably when I ____ a shower.
A. am taking
B. took
C. were to take
D. was taking
37. — Have you ever worked with a tape recorder?
— I ____ it a lot when I was studying French in school.
A. used
B. was used
C. have used
D. had used
38. —You must have met him the other day.
—Oh, no, I ____ . 【单选题】
A. hadn’t
B. mustn’t
C. haven’t
D. didn’t
39. —Which flight ____ ?
—I want to catch the 13:00.
A. you are to catch
B. are you catching
C. do you catch
D. have you caught
40. —Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?
—Of course. What is it?
—I ____ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.
A. had wondered
B. was wondering
C. would wonder
D. did wonder