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 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 |
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 |
—Where are you going, Ted?
—To Jane’s home.I told her I _______.
A.would visit | B.visit |
C.visited | D.will visit |
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 |
However,the Norman Conquest didn’t affect the English language___________ the Angles and the Saxons victory about 600 years earlier,which led to Old English ________ Celtic.
A.so much as;was replaced | B.so good as;being replaced |
C.as much as;replacing | D.as well as;replaced by |
He must have sensed that I ______ him. He suddenly glanced at me and said quietly, “Why are you staring at me like that?”
A.would look at | B.looked at |
C.was looking at | D.am looking at |
She has owned the painting since 1950, when it ______ to her as a wedding present.
A.has given | B.gave |
C.was given | D.has been given |
----We thought he would have got high marks in the mid-term exam for English.
----What a pity! He ________ too nervous when sitting the English exam that day.
A.was | B.had been | C.has been | D.would have been. |
The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
A.knew | B.had known |
C.have known | D.know |
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 |