| Each of you ______ responsible for the accident. |
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| a. am b. be c. is d. are |
| Each man and woman _____ the same rights. |
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| a. has b. have c. had d. is having |
| Every means _____ tried but without much result. |
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| a. has been b. have been c. are d. is |
| There _____ in this room. |
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| a. are too much furniture b. is too many furnitures c. are too much furnitures d. is too much furniture |
| The manager or his assistant _____ planning to go. |
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| a. were b. are c. was d. be |
| Not only I but also David and Iris _____ fond of playing basketball. |
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| a. am b. is c. are d. was |
| Neither Tom nor his parents _____ at home. |
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| a. is b. are c. has d. was |
| Either the dean or the principal _____ the meeting. |
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| a. attends b. attend c. are attending d. have attended |
| _____ was wrong. |
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| a. Not the teacher but the students b. Both the students and the teacher c. Neither the teacher not the students d. Not the students but the teacher |
| "_____ twenty dollars a big sum to her?" "I suppose so." |
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| a. Will be b. Is c. Are d. Were |
| Three hours _____ enough for us to finish the task. |
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| a. are b. has c. is d. were |
| Most of his savings _____ in the Xin Hua Bank. |
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| a. has been kept b. is being kept c. have kept d. have been kept |
| All that can be done _____. |
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| a. has done b. has been done c. have done d. have been done |
| One or perhaps more pages _____. |
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| a. is missing b. has been missed c. are missing d. was missing |
| More than one worker _____ dismissed. |
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| a. have been b. are c. has been d. has |
| Many a student _____ the importance of learning a foreign language. |
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| a. have realized b. has realized c. have been realized d. has been realized |
| The gas works _____ near the city. |
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| a. is b. are c. were d. be |
| The surroundings of his house _____ clean now. |
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| a. is b. are c. was d. were |
| The committee _____ over the problem among themselves for two hours. |
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| A has argued B has been arguing C have argued D. have been arguing |
| The public _____ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims. |
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| a. is b. was c. are d. has been |
| Cattle _____ on the hillside. |
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| a. grazes b. is grazing c. was grazing d. were grazing |
| Her politics _____ neither conservative nor liberal. |
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| a. is b. are c. was d. has been |
| Measles _____ a kind of infectious illness. |
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| a. is b. are c. were d. have been |
| The Philippines _____ to the south-east of China. |
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| a. lies b. lie c. lay d. lays |
| Mary is one of the girls who _____ always on time. |
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| a. is b. am c. are d. was |
| Tom is the only one of the staff members who ______ to be promoted. |
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| A. is going B. are going C. has been going D. have been going |
| What caused the accident _____ on the road. |
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| a. were stone b. were stones c. was stone d. was stones |
| Wisky and soda _____ his favorite drink. |
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| a. is b. are c. were d. have been |
| _____ is to attend our evening party. |
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| a. both the singer and the dancer b. Either the singer or dancers c. The singer or dancers d. The singer and dancer |
| The Smiths _____ their breakfast when the morning post came. |
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| a. had b. has been having c. are having d. were having |
| No one except two students _____ the meeting. |
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| a. has been late for b. have been late for c. was late for d. were later for |
| All but him and me _____ to the exhibition. |
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| a. am going b. is going c. are going d. was going |
| Interest, as well as prospects, _____ important when one looks for a job. |
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| a. are b. were c. is d. was |
| The president, accompanied by his assistants, _____. |
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| a. have arrived b. are arriving c. had arrived d. has arrived |
| A number of cars _____ in front of the park. |
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| a. is parked b. was parked c. are parked d. has parked |
| The number of articles published on smoking _____ amazing. |
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| a. is b. are c. were d. have been |
| The majority of doctors _____ smoking is harmful to health. |
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| a. are believed b. had believed c. has believed d. believe |
| The majority of the damage _____ easy to repair. |
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| a. is b. are c. were d. be |
| Four-fifths of the crop _____. |
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| a. are ruined b. was ruined c. were ruined d. have been ruined |
| Three-fourths of the buildings _____. |
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| a. was destroyed b. is destroyed c. were destroyed d. has been destroyed |
| Early to bed and early to rise _____ a man healthy, happy and wise. |
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| a. making b. to make c. make d. makes |
| Mathematics _____ the language of science. |
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| a. is b. has been c. are d. have been |
| The young _____ the vital forces in our society. |
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| a. is b. has been c. are d. have been |
| Every man, woman and child _____ some history, enough at least, to survive in the world. |
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| a. knows b. know c. is known d. are known |
| None of them _____ my friends. |
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| a. is b. are c. was d. has been |
| Not only the whole nation, but the whole Europe, indeed the whole human society _____ to alter its attitude to racial problems. |
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| a. need b. needs c. has a need d. have a need |
| Getting to other planets or to the moon _____ many problems. |
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| a. involve b. involves c. involving d. to involve |
| In that country, the rich _____ richer, the poor, poorer. |
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| a. become b. has become c. becomes d. is becoming |
| The project requires more labor than _____ because it is extremely difficult. |
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| a. has been put in b. have been put in c. being put in d. to be put in |