31. The instructor had gone over the problems many times before the students _____the final examination.
A. will take B. took
C. take D. would take
32. The sports meeting _____ in October,1989.
A. was held B. would be held
C. has been held D. were held
33. The tickets _____ when I got there.
A. were selling out B. had been sold out
C. have been sold out D. were held
34. Apples _____ to be sweeter than oranges.
A. are said B. are being said
C. is being said D. were said
35. Mr.Smith _____ to Europe on a special mission.
A. had been sending B. were sent
C. is being sent D. was sending
36. When water is heated, it _____ into vapour.
A. is changed B. is changing
C. will be changed D. will change
37. She _____ for what she had done.
A. was criticized B. is criticized
C. is criticizing D. is being criticized
38. We _____ as soon as we got there.
A. were warmly welcome B. were warmly welcomed
C. would be welcome D. are welcomed
39. “Are Alice and Tom still living in New York?”
“No, they _____ to Dallas.”
A. are just moved B. have just moved
C. had just moved D. will just move
40. I haven’t heard from Maria_____.
A. since a long time B. for many months ago
C. for many months D. since many months before
41. His grandfather ______ for thirty years.
A. died B. was dead
C. has been dead D. has died
42.It’s(high)time you _____ a holiday.
A. had B. have
C. will have D. have had
43. The news _____quickly and made a stir.
A. spread B. spreads
C. spreaded D. was spread
44. When they came to the laboratory again, the lights _____.
A. glowed B. were still glowing
C. would glow D. had glowed
45. I suddenly _____ an insect crawling up my leg.
A. felt B. was feeling
C. was felt D. was being felt
46. One of the guards_____ when the general came in, which made him very angry.
A. has slept B. were sleeping
C. slept D. was sleeping
47. Ted was so worn out that he just _____ down and slept for ten hours.
A. lied B. laid
C. lay D. had lain
48. I was _____ at the stop as long as thirty minutes.
A. made waiting B. kept waiting
C. keeping waited D. kept waited
49. The children _____ many times not to go near the lake.
A. have told B. told
C. have been told D. were told
50. Our thoughts _____ by means of words.
A. were being expressed B. are being expressed
C. are expressed D. have been expressed
51. ______ four years since John left school.
A. It was B. Those are
C. It is D. They have been
52. By the time Juan gets home, his aunt _____ for Puerto Rico.
A. will leave B. leaves
C. will have left D. left
53. “This is a terribly heavy box.”
“ _____ help you to carry it.”
A. I am to B. I will
C. I D. I am going to
54.All the machines _____by the end of the following week.
A. were repaired B. will be repaired
C. have been repaired D will have been repaired
55.They believed that by using computers the production of their factory _____.
A. will greatly increase B. would greatly increase
C. has greatly increased D. would be greatly increased
56.No sooner had they got off train _______ it started moving .
A. when B. than
C. then D. after
57.We can do nothing unless we _____ more information.
A. are given B. were to be given
C. will be given D. were given
58.Most environmental problems exist because adequate measures for preventing them _____taken in the past.
A. was not B. were not
C. were not being D. being not
59.The football match _____ in the afternoon.
A. has been held B. is being held
C. is going to be held D. will hold
60.I’ll take down your name and address in case you _____ as a witness.
A. will need B.will be needed
C. need D. are needed
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