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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

    will stop

  • B

    stops

  • C

    stopped

  • D

    is stopping

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

  • A

    had driven

  • B

    have driven

  • C

    drive

  • D

    was driving

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

  • A

    am lying

  • B

    have lain

  • C

    will be lying

  • D

    will have lain

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

  • A

    breaks down

  • B

    was breaking down

  • C

    break down

  • D

    broke down

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

  • A

    will find

  • B

    find

  • C

    found

  • D

    are finding

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

  • A

    was leaving

  • B

    is leaving

  • C

    leaves

  • D

    has left

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

  • A

    gave up

  • B

    give up

  • C

    are giving up

  • D

    will give up

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

  • A

    are always to complain

  • B

    have always complained

  • C

    always complain

  • D

    will always complain

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

  • A

    would be watching TV

  • B

    will be watching TV

  • C

    watched TV

  • D

    was watching TV

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

  • A

    will speak

  • B

    is going to speak

  • C

    had to speak

  • D

    was going to speak

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

  • A

    gets

  • B

    got

  • C

    has got

  • D

    is getting

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

  • A

    has; bought

  • B

    /; bought

  • C

    did; buy

  • D

    /; buys

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

  • A

    wear

  • B

    wore

  • C

    were wearing

  • D

    are wearing

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

  • A

    are writing

  • B

    will write

  • C

    wrote

  • D

    write

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

  • A

    is happening

  • B

    would happen

  • C

    happen

  • D

    happened