Planning so far ahead ________ no sense-so many things will have changed by nex t year. |
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| A. made B. is making C. makes D. has made |
| I wasn't sure if he was really interested or if he ________ polite. |
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| A. was just being B. will just be C. had just been D. would just be |
| When Alice came to life, she did not know how long she ________ there. |
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| A. had been lying B. has been lying C. was lying D. has lain |
| If you don't like the drink you ________, just leave it and try a different one. |
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| A. ordered B. are ordering C. will order D. had ordered |
| When I got on the bus, I ________ I had left my wallet at home. |
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| A. was realizing B. realized C. have realized D. would realize |
| She was surprised to find the fridge empty; the children ________ everything! |
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| A. had been eating B. had eaten C. have eaten D. have been eating |
| In the last few years thousands of films______ all over the world. |
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| A. have produced B. have been produced C. are producing D. are being produced |
| On her next birthday, Ann ________ married for twenty years. |
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A. is B. has been C. will be D. will have been |
| We ________ John's name on the race list yesterday but for his recent injury. |
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| A. will put B. will have put C. would put D. would have put |
| We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody ________ into the office during the night. |
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| A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking |
| His first novel ________ good reviews since it came out last month. |
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| A. receives B. is receiving C. will receive D. has received |
| Experiments of this kind ________ in both the U. S. and Europe well before the Second World War. |
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| A. have conducted B. have been conducted C. had conducted D. had been conducted |
| Tom ________ in the library every night over the last three months. |
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| A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had been working |
—That must have been a long trip. —Yeah, it ________ us a whole week to get there. |
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| A. takes B. has taken C. took D. was taking |
| —Bob has gone to California. —Oh, can you tell me when he ________? |
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| A. has left B. left C. is leaving D. would leave |
| Last month, the Japanese government expressed their thanks for the aid they ________ from China. |
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| A. receive B. are receiving C. have received D. had received |
| The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant ________ in his place, but luckily, everything was going on smoothly. |
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| A. gave B. gives C. was giving D. had given |
| —I hear you ________ in a pub. What's it like? —Well, it's very hard work and I'm always tired, but I don't mind. |
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| A. are working B. will work C. were working D. will be working |
| The fact that so many people still smoke in public places ________ that we may need a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the risks of smoking. |
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| A. suggest B. suggests C. suggested D. suggesting |
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—Tommy is planning to buy a car. —I know. By next month, he ______ enough for a used one. |
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A. saves B. saved C. will save D. will have saved |
| —What do you think of store shopping in the future? —Personally, I think it will exist along with home shopping but ________. |
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| A. will never replace B. would never replace C. will never be replaced D. would never be replaced |
| —I didn't ask for the name list. Why______ on my desk? —I put it there just now in case you needed it. |
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| A. does it land B. has it landed C. will it land D. had it landed |
| —Joan,what ________ in your hand? —Look! It's a birthday gift for my grandma. |
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| A. had you held B. are you holding C. do you hold D. will you hold |
| In 1492, Columbus ________ on one of the Bahama Islands, but he mistook it for an island off India. |
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| A. lands B. landed C. has landed D. had landed |
| It is the most instructive lecture that I______ since I came to this school. |
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| A. attended B. had attended C. am attending D. have attended |
| In the near future, more advances in the robot technology ________ by scientists. |
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| A. are making B. are made C. will make D. will be made |
| I'll go to the library as soon as I finish what I ________. |
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| A. was doing B. am doing C. have done D. had been doing |
| By the time Jack returned home from England, his son ________ from college. |
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| A. graduated B. has graduated C. had been graduating D. had graduated |
| That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who ________ the piano upstairs? |
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| A. has played B. played C. plays D. is playing |
| Look at the pride on Tom's face. He______ to have been praised by the manager just now. |
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| A. seemed B. seems C. had seemed D. is seeming |
| All visitors to this village ________ with kindness. |
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| A. treat B. are treated C. are treating D. had been treated |
| —What a mistake! —Yes. I ________ his doing it another way,but with  out success. |
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| A. was suggesting B. will suggest C. would suggest D. had suggested |
| After getting lost in a storm, a member of the navy team ________ four days later. |
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| A. rescued B. was rescued C. has rescued D. had been rescued |
| Did you predict that many students ________ up for the dance competition? |
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A. would sign B. signed C. have signed D. had signed |
| —Have you finished reading Jane Eyre? —No, I ________ my homework all day yesterday. |
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| A. was doing B. would do C. had done D. do |
| When you are home,give a call to let me know you ________ safely. |
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| A. are arriving B. have arrived C. had arrived D. will arrive |
| The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands of people to believe that a fortune ____. |
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A. is made B. would make C. was to be made D. had made |
| Up to now, the programme ________ thousands of children who would otherwise have died. |
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| A. would save B. saves C. had saved D. has saved |
| We ________ on this project for four hours. Let's have a rest. |
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| A. are working B. have been working C. worked D. had worked |
| Every few years, the coal workers ________ their lungs Xrayed to ensure their health. |
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| A. are having B. have C. have had D. had had |
| —I'm trying to find yesterday's newspaper. Have you seen it? —I'm afraid that I ________ it away. I thought you had finished reading it. |
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| A. threw B. had thrown C. throw D. will throw |
| Excited to see you back safe and sound from Libya. How long ________ in Libya? |
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| A. have you stayed B. did you stay C. had you stayed D. would you stay |
| —I ran into the back of a truck yesterday and damaged my car badly. —I suppose you ________ too fast. |
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| A. had driven B. drove C. have driven D. were driving |
| Nino Hernandez, who ________ only 10kg and is regarded as the world's shortest living man, has not grown since he was 2 years old. |
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| A. weighed B. had weighed C. weighs D. has been weighed |
| —Hello, I ________ to ask if I can book two tickets for tonight's film. —Sorry, we've already sold out. |
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| A. phone B. will phone C. am phoning D. have phoned |
| —Ready to quit guessing, Sandy? —No, no, I hold on! I think I ________ to the answer. |
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| A. come B. have come C. came D. am coming |
| —Hello, Peter. Do you enjoy your stay in Hainan? —I ________ in Hainan. The flood stopped me from going there. So I came to Shanghai. |
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| A. haven't stayed B. am not staying C. didn't stay D. do not stay |
| Remember to save what you ________ on once in a while in case the computer suddenly crashes. |
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| A. work B. will work C. are working D. worked |
| —John seems happy, even though his wife left him and he lost his job. —I think he ________ to put on a brave face. |
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| A. will try B. has tried C. tries D. is trying |
—I hate school; it's  not for me. I think I'll quit.—You ________ stupid! It takes effort now, but later you will benefit from it. |
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| A. will be B. are being C. have been D. were being |
| Don't call me at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, for I ________ a meeting then. |
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| A. will have B. will be having C. will have had D. am going to have |
| —The film Tangshan Earthquake will be at 7:30 pm. Shall I pick you up at 6:40 pm? —OK, I ________ you at that time. |
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| A. was waiting for B. shall be waiting for C. have been waiting for D. shall have waited for |
| —Where have you been recently? —I ________ in Beijing on business for a week last month. |
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| A. have worked B. was working C. have been working D. worked |
| —Haven't I told you that you should be home earlier? —Yes, but I ________ home earlier than I usually do. |
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| A. was coming B. will come C. came D. had come |
| He was admitted into Beijing University and years of his hard work ________ eventually. |
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| A. paid off B. were paid off C. had paid off D. had been paid off |
| —Does your Dad quit smoking, Jenny? —Yes, but he ________ for almost ten years. |
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| A. smoked B. was smoking C. has smoked D. had smoked |
| —Oh, it's you, Mrs Johnson! I ________ you. —I've just changed my hair style and I am wearing a new dress. |
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| A. don't recognize B. didn't recognize C. haven't recognized D. won't recognize |
I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn't spare any time, for I ________ a composition which I have to hand in this morning. |
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| A. wrote B. was writing C. had written D. have written |
| —Since you love pets so much, why not adopt one? —That's exactly what I ________. |
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| A. have thought B. was thinking C. had thought D. will think |
| —Can you give me some advice on what I said just now? —Sorry, my mind ________. |
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| A. has wondered B. had wondered C. is wondering D. was wondering |
This is the second  time I ________ the Himalayas as a college student. |
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| A. climb B. had climbed C. climbed D. have climbed |
| The last few years ________ many disasters in and out of China, from earthquake to drought. |
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| A. see B. are seeing C. have seen D. saw |
| —Hello, John, how are you? Are you busy now? —Not really. I ________ my report. And now I am watching an American movie on TV. |
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| A. finished B. have finished C. had finished D. have been finishing |
| Kate ________ on her new novel, which is supposed to come out next month. |
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| A. has been working B. had worked C. will be working D. was working |
| The temperature ________ to minus 3 in London and it is likely to get even colder as the day goes on. |
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| A. will have fallen B. had fallen C. has been falling D. falls |
Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Asian Games because Beijing _ _______ the event before. |
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| A. had held B. was held C. held D. had been held |
| I was just going to move away the heavy case but someone ________ it. Was it you? |
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| A. has done B. would do C. had done D. will do |
| —Why didn't you come to my party? I was so disappointed at your absence. —I'm very sorry. I ________ but I had a visitor at the last minute. |
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| A. would like have B. would like to C. had planned to D. were going to |
| Could I do some explanations? I ________ to call on you yesterday, but someone came to see me just when I was about to leave. |
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| A. had intended B. intended C. would intend D. was intending |
| —Got your driving license? —No. I ________ too busy to have enough practice, so I didn't take the driving test last week. |
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| A. will be B. am C. have been D. had been |
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—Susan was happy like crazy! —Oh, yes! Her parents approved of her adventurous trip to Africa that she ________ for years. |
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A. has been expecting B. was expecting C. had been expecting D. would be expecting |
| The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they ________. |
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| A. were playing B. were to play C. had played D. played |
| With the strong economy and unemployment down, beautiful housing ________ to meet demand. |
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| A. has build B. is being built C. is building D. was built |
| The actor still remembers the excitement in his class when a female classmate ________ for a key role in a Zhang Yimou's film. |
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A. is chosen |
| He collected information on 1,000 people, whose IQ ________ when they were ten years old. |
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| A. is tested B. has tested C. would test D. had been tested |
| The examination will begin at 10:30. Those who come late ________ to the examination room. |
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| A. have not been admitted B. don't admit C. will not be admitted D. didn't admit |
| The nine coal miners ________ in the coal mine for 20 hours before we came to their rescue in Yanshan County, Jiangxi Province. |
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| A. had trapped B. had been trapping C. would have been trapped D. had been trapped |
| —Why do you look so worried? —My computer broke down and my essay ________ unfinished since. |
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| A. had left B. has  leftC. was left D. has been left |
| —When did you move to Zhenjiang? —In 2010. And I ________ in Tibet for ten years. |
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| A. have worked B. was working C. have been working D. worked |
| The world's elderly population will exceed that of children by 2060, when each group ________ to account for about one fifth of the population. |
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| A. expects B. will expect C. is expected D. will be expected |