1) My train arrives in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane
I would like to take from there ___ by then.(1999.1)
A. would leave B. will have left C. has left D. had left
2) She ought to stop work; she has a headache because she ____ too
long.(2000.1)
A. has been reading B. had read C. is reading D. read
3) "May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock
tonight?"(2000.6)
"I'm sorry. Mr. Williams ____ to a conference long before then."
A. will have gone B. had gone C. would have gone D. has gone
4) Great as Newton was, many of his ideas _____today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time.(1997.1)
A. are to challenge B. may be challenged
C. have been challenged D. are challenged
5) Until last night, his family ______from him for six months. (1997.1)
A. didn't hear B. hasn't been hearing C. hasn't heard D. hadn't heard
6) Turn on the television or open a magazine and you _____ advertisements showing happy, balanced families. (1995.6)
A. are often seeing B. often see C. will often see D. have often seen
7) I'm sorry I can't see you immediately; but if you'd like to take a seat, I'll be with you ____. (1999.1)
A. for a moment B. in a moment
C. for the moment D. at the moment
8) If she doesn't tell him the truth now, he'll simply keep on asking her until she _____. (1998.6)
A. does B. has done C. will do D. would do
9) The grey building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts ____.(19995.1)
A. are producing B. are produced C. produced D. being produced
10) The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, ____ and perfected now.(1996.1)
A. developed B. have developed
C. are being developed D. will have been developed
11) As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think ____.(1997.6)
A. ought to be said B. must say
C. have to be said D. need to say
12) Once environment damage ____, it takes many years for the system to recover.(1997.6)
A. has done B. is to do C. does D. is done
