C. is smelling delicious, but I dont drink coffee.
D. smells delicious, but I am not drinking coffee at all.
86. This estate has no permanent owner! Who ______ this time?
A. belonged it B. belongs it
C. does it belong to D. is belonging it to
87. Come and sit by Leo and me. We ______ a boring gossip all about Clintons
affair. Join us if you are interested.
A. have been having B. have had
C. have D. are having
88. I think it is a pity you dont take more exercise. You ______ fat.
A. are getting B. have to get
C. get D. had got
89. Look at this sign. It ______ here Leave your car here. Why not park our car here?
A. reads B. is reading
C. is writing D. is advising
90. Tom and Mr. Pitt ______ a stormy conversation. I wonder what they are talking about.
A. has been having B. have had
C. are having D. have
91. Who ______ champagne?
Me, when I can afford it.
A. has drunk B. drank
C. drinks D. is drinking
92. What ______ at?
A strange bird is flying over there.
A. do you look B. did you look
C. are you looking D. were you looking
93. Hi, Mike. Im in France now. Can you imagine what a great time I ______?!
A. have B. enjoy
C. am having D. have had
94. the violin now?
Actually, thats the radio you hear now.
A. Does your son play
B. Who plays
C. How long has your son been playing
D. Is your son playing
95. Scientists believe the weather ______ now.
A. is changing B. changes
C. was changed D. changed
96. You know the current situation: cinema audiences ______ in the United States now.
A. decline B. are declining
C. decrease D. is decreasing
97. I cant interrupt him just now. He ____ a phone call to Australia at the moment.
A. is being made B. makes
C. is making D. has made
98. The telephone is ringing, Ann. Can you get it?
No, I ______ dinner. Maybe a little bit later
A. have B. am having
C. am being had D. I had
99. Paris is wonderful! I like the food here, and so I ______ like mad.
A. am eating B. have eaten
C. had eaten D. am not eating
100. Whitman is a historian. He ____ on a history of cross-cultural dating customs.
A. currently works B. works now
C. is currently working D. currently write
101. Ill never believe another thing that Craig tells me! Last week he told me that he would cut the grass, but he ______ it yet! Its still there!
A. didnt do B. hasnt done
C. hadnt done D. hardly did
102. And here are the main points of the news again. The pound ______ against the dollar.
A. have fallen B. is fallen
C. falls D. has fallen
103. So far, we ______ no response to our inquiry.
A. received B. have not received
C. have received D. were sent
104. ______ much of Bob lately?
A. Did you see B. Were you seeing
C. Have you seen D. Had you seen
105. He has been quite different since he ______ married.
A. has been getting B. gets
C. got D. has
106. Do you know the news? You ______ the exam!
A. passed B. had passed
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107. When ______ married?
In 1974.
A. did they get B. do they get
C. have they got D. had they got
108. Wake up, Alice dear! said her sister. Why, what a long sleep ______!
A. you had B. youve had
C. you have D. you got
109. ______ Gloria last week?
A. Have you seen
B. Did you see
C. How many times have you seen
D. Were you seeing
110. How often ______ in love in your life?
A. have you been B. were you
C. are you D. were you being
111. All the wars in history ______ us nothing yet.
A. had taught B. have taught
C. taught D. teaching
112. When ______ that goldfish?
A. have you last fed
B. were you last feeding
C. did you last feed
D. do you last feed
113. In recent years, many movies such as The Terminator and Blade Runne r
______ robots as slaves that eventually rise up against their human masters.
A. were portraying B. had portrayed
C. have portrayed D. portray
114. I ______ with children before, so I know what to expect in my new job.
A. have worked B. worked
C. was worked D. work
115. Because the river ______ steadily since Sunday, the residents of the area have been advised to prepare for flood conditions.
A. rose B. had risen
C. is rising D. has been rising
116. Although robots may be viewed negatively in Western culture, in Japan the interest to stories about them ______ for the past several years.
A. has been increasing B. increased
C. is increasing D. has been decreased
117. The current robot craze ______ in 1996.
A. has started B. started
C. had started D. used to start
118. Although popular computer use exploded throughout the world in the 1990s, academics ______ by computer since the early 1970s.
A. communicated B. had been communicating
C. are communicating D. used to communicate
119. Three years ago I got my law degree, and since then I ______ in a small law firm where I am very happy.
A. am working B. was working
C. have been working D. worked
120. I want to break the news. Mary ______ a baby!
A. had B. had had
C. has had D. will have had
121. I cant come to your party because I ______ my leg.
A. have been breaking B. break
C. have broken D. broke
122. Ive known her since we ______ at school together.
A. had been B. was
C. are D. were
123. When I got home, I found that water ______ down the kitchen walls.
A. run B. ran
C. was running D. was being run
124. At that time we ______ in the caravan for about six months already.
A. lived B. had been living
C. had left D. were living
125. Mr. Sanders, what ______ between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM last Friday?
A. you were doing B. did you do
C. were you doing D. you did
126. When I ______ this morning the sun was shining, the birds were singing.
A. get up B. was getting
C. got up D. was being got up
127. Mozart died while he ______ the Requiem.
A. had been composing B. had composed
C. composed D. was composing
128. While I ______ in this firm one summer, I met a terrific man, whom I married the following year.
A. used to work B. worked
C. was working D. had been working
129. When the earthquake occurred at 3:49 AM, most people in the city ______in their beds at home.
A. slept B. sleeped
C. were sleeping D. used to sleep
130. When you phoned I ______ in the garage.
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A. worked B. work
C. used to work D. was working
131. I was tired because I ______ all day.
A. have been working B. had been working
C. worked D. was working
132. The headmaster entered. The boys ______ for him for a quarter of an hour.
A. waited B. had been waiting
C. were waiting D. was waiting
133. At six, when I got to the car park, I realised that I ______ my keys.
A. lost B. has lost
C. had lost D. was losing
134. Kate had dirt on her hands and knees as she ______ some gardening.
A. had been doing B. hadnt done
C. has done D. has been doing
135. In the morning all the roads were blocked: it ______ all night.
A. snowed B. was snowing
C. had been snowing D. has been snowing
136. All the people we had invited ______, and some that we had not invited.
A. came B. come
C. have come D. have been coming
137. Nobody came to the meeting as Angela ______ to tell people about it.
A. forget B. forgot
C. had forgot D. had forgotten
138. I told him that I ______ of the place before.
A. have never heard B. never heard
C. didnt hear D. had never heard
139. By that time, Sams photo ______ to the policemen.
A. had already show B. have already been shown
C. had already been shown D. were already on show
140. The lesson ______, when I arrived. So I excused myself and came in.
A. already started B. has already started
C. had already started D. never started
141. When we came to live in the US my father couldnt work as a dentist right away because he ______ the state examination yet.
A. wasnt passing B. not passed
C. hadnt been passing D. hadnt passed
142. By the time the ancient Egyptian civilization began to flourish more than 5,000 years ago, the onion ______ the main food throughout the Middle East for many years.
A. had already been B. was already
C. has already been D. would have been
143. In 1996 Honda Motor Corporation presented the world with P-2, a robot different from any other that ______ until then.
A. appeared B. has appeared
C. had appeared D. had disappeared
144. By the time my father retired last year, he ______ dentistry for thirty years.
A. was practising B. practiced
C. has been practising D. had been practising
145. When I found Mary, I could see that she ______.
A. has been crying B. had to cried
C. cry D. had been crying
146. Do you know when Mrs Greenleafs train ______? he asked.
A. arrives B. will be arriving
C. will arrive D. shall arrive
147. Look up in the time-table when the last train ______ the station.
A. is leaving B. leaves
C. will be leaving D. leave
148. By analyzing historical and current data, meteorologists can predict the number of hurricanes that ______ in the Caribbean in any given year.
A. will appear B. are appearing
C. will have appeared D. would appear
149. So youre visiting another country this year. You already have your tickets, and you leave next Tuesday at 4 PM. A week from now you ______ in the sunshine.
A. will relax B. will have relaxed
C. will be relaxing D. are relaxing
150. My dear husband promised that he ______ me a car for my birthday, but he didnt say which birthday.
A. would give B. will give
C. used to give D. gave
151. One manufacturer, Smart Transport, Inc., ______ a press conference every other month.
A. holds B. had held
C. shall hold D. is holding
152. Lucy ______ for a drink this evening. I invited her yesterday.
A. comes B. is coming
C. will come D. shall come
153. By early in the 21st century, one in four Japanese people _____ over sixty-five.
A. will be B. shall be
C. is D. is required to be
154. Ill think of you when ______ on the beach next week.
A. Im being laid B. Im going to lie
C. Ill be lying D. Im lying
155. The builders say they ______ the roof by Tuesday.
A. will finish B. are finishing
C. will have finished D. will be finishing
156. He promised that he ______ call my mother to wish her a happy birthday.
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A. will B. would
C. used to D. would get used to
157. Before the construction of the English Channel, which connects France and England, most people didnt believe that travel by land between the two countries ______ possible in the twentieth century.
A. will be B. would be
C. used to be D. is going to be
158. Next year the taxpayers ______ over twenty-two million dollars for a transportation system that is already out-of-date.
A. will spend B. will be spending
C. will have spent D. will have been spending
159. Shell pay us back when she ______ a job.
A. gets B. have
C. will get D. shall get
160. Dont sweep the floor, before your parents ______.
A. arrived B. arrives
C. will arrive D. arrive
161. Will you stay here until ______ off?
A. the plane will take B. shall the plane take
C. the plane takes D. the plane have taken
162. I wont tell you my secret unless you ______ not to tell anyone.
A. will promise B. dont promise
C. promise D. wont promise
163. Whenever ______ a thunder-storm, the cat hides under the bed.
A. therell be B. theres
C. there was D. there will be
164. Your little robot dog will wag his tail if you ______ him on the floor.
A. place B. will place
C. had placed D. are placing
165. Your little robot dog will even bark if you ______ sound files info his body.
A. put B. had put
C. will put D. are put
166. Unless they ______ ticket prices, Im not going to fly anymore. Im not that rich.
A. dont lower B. will not lowered
C. will lower D. lower
167. If I was free for six months, I ______ around the world.
A. travelled B. would travel
C. travel D. will travel
168. Your roommate is really noisy. If I ______ with him, Id talk to him about the problem.
A. lived B. will live
C. live D. would live
169. If I didnt like flying that much, I ______ a pilot.
A. would B. became
C. wont be D. wouldnt be
170. He took me for his housemaid. How surprised hell be when he ______out who I am!
A. found B. will find
C. shall find D. finds
171. Ill be surprised if he ______ an accident soon. He drives like crazy.
A. wont have B. doesnt have
C. will have D. has
172. If he ______ for you, hell be very angry.
A. still waits B. will still wait
C. will still be waiting D. is still waiting
173. If ______ you what youre doing say youre with me.
A. nobodyll ask B. anybody asks
C. nobody asks D. anybody will ask
174. ______ him Im ashamed.
A. If I saw B. Whenever I see
C. If Ill see D. Whenever Ill meet
175. If Bob ______ your letter, Im sure hell phone you today.
A. will receive B. will have received
C. has received D. receive
176. I would tell you if I ______.
A. know B. had known
C. knew D. would know
177. If we ______ a map now we should be able to get out of here.
A. have B. had had
C. had D. would have
178. It would be nice, dear, if you ______ me a bit with the housework.
A. do help B. help
C. did helped D. helped
179. If I had gone to university I ______ medicine then.
A. would study B. would have studied
C. wouldnt study D. would be studying
180. If I married you, we ______ unhappy.
A. would have both been B. would both be
C. could have been D. will be
181. You ______ if youd looked where you were going.
A. wouldnt have crashed B. would have crashed
C. wouldnt crash D. crashed
182. It would have been nice if he ______.
A. thanked you B. should thank you
C. had thanked you D. thanks you
183. If I ______ a better dancer, I would dance solo in the Bolshoy Theatre.
A. were B. am
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184. If I won the lottery, I ______ you half the money.
A. will give B. gave
C. would give D. give
185. Im sure he wouldnt mind if we ______ early.
A. arrived B. arrives
C. would arrive D. were arrived
186. If Janes nose ______ shorter, she would become a top model.
A. is B. were
C. had been D. would be
187. If he hadnt spent so much on his holiday, he ______ enough to pay for the house repairs.
A. would B. was
C. had had D. would have had
188. If Bell ______ the telephone, somebody else would have done it.
A. invented B. had invented
C. didnt invent D. hadnt invented
189. If we ______ in a town, life would be easier.
A. live B. will live
C. lived D. move
190. ______ the time we find a spare minute to get there the exhibition will have closed.
A. Until B. Till C. To D. By
191. Hes been here ______ 10 oclock.
A. for B. at C. since D. until
192. When did you leave school?
______ I was sixteen.
A. As B. When C. While D. As soon as
193. This flight is full. ______ someone gives up a seat, you wont get on this flight today.
A. If B. Unless C. When D. Where
194. ______ May she was studying hard for her final exam.
A. Since B. In C. D. Just as
195. How long have you been writing this novel?
______ five years by now.
A. For B. Since C. Till D. More
196. He was cooking the dinner ______ I arrived.
A. while B. as C. since D. when
197. Ive had this job ______ a month.
A. in B. for C. since D. when
198. ______ the moment youve received this letter Ill have left this country.
A. Until B. Till C. At D. By
199. She was studying law ______ the war started.
A. while B. when C. since D. as
200. ______ 6 oclock this morning I was walking along the beach.
A. while B. when C. since D. at
201. Our first Spanish and Japanese editions of Modern Reader ______ this year, and they have already found a large audience.
A. published B. were published
C. were publishing D. publish
202. Until after World War II almost all the automobiles driven in the US ______.
A. made in Detroit by automobile workers
B. have been made in Detroit
