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Choose the best answer for each of the following items

1. We won’t be able to leave the office until the rain ___.

  • A

    A. will stop

  • B

    B. stops

  • C

    C. stopped

  • D

    D. is stopping

2. I ___ at 130 kilometers per hour when the policeman stopped me.

  • A

    A. had driven

  • B

    B. have driven

  • C

    C. drive

  • D

    D. was driving

3. This time next week I’ll be on vacation. Probably I ___ on a beautiful beach.

  • A

    A. am lying

  • B

    B. have lain

  • C

    C. will be lying

  • D

    D. will have lain

4. The car ___ by the side of the road and the driver tried to repair it.

  • A

    A. breaks down

  • B

    B. was breaking down

  • C

    C. break down

  • D

    D. broke down

5. Enclosed you ___ an application form that you are asked to fill out.

  • A

    A. will find

  • B

    B. find

  • C

    C. found

  • D

    D. are finding

6. According to the timetable, the train for Beijing ___ at 9:10 pm from Monday to Friday.

  • A

    A. was leaving

  • B

    B. is leaving

  • C

    C. leaves

  • D

    D. has left

7. If you ___ smoking and drinking, your health will improve soon.

  • A

    A. gave up

  • B

    B. give up

  • C

    C. are giving up

  • D

    D. will give up

8. Most of the people who are visiting Britain ___ about the food and weather there.

  • A

    A. are always to complain

  • B

    B. have always complained

  • C

    C. always complain

  • D

    D. will always complain

9. He told me yesterday that he ___ at home at 7 the next evening.

  • A

    A. would be watching TV

  • B

    B. will be watching TV

  • C

    C. watched TV

  • D

    D. was watching TV

10. He ___ at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him.

  • A

    A. will speak

  • B

    B. is going to speak

  • C

    C. had to speak

  • D

    D. was going to speak

11. The traffic in our city is already good and it ___ even better.

  • A

    A. gets

  • B

    B. got

  • C

    C. has got

  • D

    D. is getting

12. —Where do you think ___ he ___ the computer? —Sorry. I have no idea.

  • A

    A. has; bought

  • B

    B. /; bought

  • C

    C. did; buy

  • D

    D. /; buys

13. I can guess you were in a hurry. You ___ your sweater inside out.

  • A

    A. wear

  • B

    B. wore

  • C

    C. were wearing

  • D

    D. are wearing

14. Remember to send me a photo of us next time you ___ to me.

  • A

    A. are writing

  • B

    B. will write

  • C

    C. wrote

  • D

    D. write

15. I have no idea what ___ while I was asleep.

  • A

    A. is happening

  • B

    B. would happen

  • C

    C. happen

  • D

    D. happened