People in those days liked to believe in computers ________ the world.
A.taking over and ruling | B.take over and rule |
C.that took over and rule | D.to take over and rule |
Up to now nobody _______ do this better than Charlie Chaplin.
A.Is able to | B.has been able to |
C.have been able to | D.are able to |
Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it ________ live is another.
A.being performed | B.performed |
C.performing | D.having been performed |
My grandpa has been enjoying good health ever since he _______ smoking.
A.stops | B.stopped |
C.has stopped | D.had stopped |
His eyes ________ on the PPT, Lee listened to the teacher ________.
A.fixed; attentively |
B.have been fixed; carefully |
C.fixing; interestingly |
D.fixed; purposefully |
Arriving at the party in a great hurry, we were disappointed to find that the band ______ playing.
A.stopped | B.will stop |
C.has stopped | D.had stopped |
-- I am afraid I can’t help you with your project. I ________ a model these days.
-- It doesn’t matter. I will finish it by myself.
A.make | B.will be making | C.am making | D.have made |
---I heard your husband had left for Vienna by air.Why didn’t you go there with him?
---I_________.But I________ a fashion design competition two days away.
A.was scheduled to;will have attended |
B.had been scheduled to;will be attending |
C.was scheduled to have;am attending |
D.had scheduled to;am attending |
Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology so rapidly.
A.is changing | B.will have changed |
C.has changed | D.will change |
An individual human existence should be like a river---small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and_____ passionately past rocks and over waterfalls.
A.to rush | B.rushing | C.rushed | D.rush |
In Turkey, sometimes babies _______ for the time of their birth.
A.are named | B.name |
C.have been named | D.named |
—Have you started writing your report?
—Not yet.I _______ a hard time getting the information.
A.am having | B.had |
C.was having | D.will have |
—Have you received a reply to your job application?
—No.I ______.
A.waited | B.am waiting |
C.have waited | D.had been waiting |
Since the new speed limits ______,the number of accidents in the area has fallen strikingly.
A.were introduced |
B.introduced |
C.have been introduced |
D.have introduced |