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We won’t know how much food to buy until we decide how many people ________.
A.were coming | B.are coming | C.have been coming | D.had come |
“When ___ the article? ” “Yesterday evening.”
A.did you finish to write | B.did you finish writing | C.have you finished to write | D.have you finished writing |
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When Bill Gates decided to stop schooling and created Microsoft in 1975, he ______ law at Harvard University.
A.studied | B.had studied | C.was studying | D.would study |
He ______ English for six years by the time he takes his examination.
A.was studying | B.would have been studying |
C.had been studying | D.will have been studying |
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To help today’s customers make a choice, a company in New York _____a video trolley — a supermarket trolley with a video screen to display advertisement and price information.
A.has invented | B.had invented | C.invents | D.is inventing |
. Dr Smith, together with his wife and daughters, ________ visit Shanghai Expo this summer.
A.is going to | B.are going to | C.was going to | D.were going to |
— That’s the third time he’s won the award in this field.
— Yes. He ______ his maximum potential in the past decade.
A.explored | B.is exploring | C.has been exploring | D.has explored |
Sheldon could have defeated Howard in the match, but he _______ too careless at the last minute.
A.is | B.was | C.has been | D.had been |
After working for two years, Tim Martin was ___ as the top manager in charge of the company.
A.ranked | B.appointed | C.recognized | D.classified |
— Have you been here before?
— Yes. This is the third time that I ______ to Shanghai.
A.come | B.came | C.have come | D.had come |
----In fact, you _____ to write up the report within three days.
----Sorry for not finishing it. I’ve been too busy recently.
A.are expecting | B.have expected |
C.were expected | D.are expected |
—Did you see a man in black pass by just now?
—No, sir. I ______ a newspaper.
A.read | B.was reading | C.would read | D.am reading |
The hero’s story______ differently in the newspapers.
A.was reported | B.was reporting | C.reports | D.reported |
I had thought that he ___ for a least twenty years.
A.had been dying | B.had died | C.had been dead | D.died |