—Did you listen to the report last Friday?
—Yes, it was about the shortage of immigrant workers. That was the first time I ________ about the subject.
A.have heard | B.was hearing |
C.would hear | D.had heard |
—Ye Shiwen got the championship in the women's 400 meter individual medley at London Olympics.
—She fully deserves the title. She ________ for it for years.
A.is preparing | B.was preparing |
C.has prepared | D.had been preparing |
Somehow, the old man had ________ a dangerous secret, one which could not be discussed in a room on a military base.
A.put out | B.let out |
C.set out | D.cut out |
As soon as little Tom had ________ a little from his operation at his back, his first thought was to get out to meet his friends.
A.returned | B.survived |
C.absorbed | D.recovered |
If you had seen a doctor, you much better now.
A.are | B.will be | C.would be | D.would have been |
Mrs Turner told me that she ______ to many cities across China when she was young.
A.had been | B.has been | C.went | D.would have gone |
At sixty, Maugham decided to withdraw from the theater and wrote The Summer Up, in which he tried to review what he _______ from his life and literature.
A.had learned | B.has learned | C.was learning | D.would learn |
The ___ look on his face suggested that he ____ so.
A.surprised; hadn’t expected | B.surprising; hasn’t expected |
C.surprised; hasn’t expected | D.surprising; hadn’t expected |
We first met on a train in 2010,but we both felt immediately that we ________ each other for years.
A.knew | B.have known |
C.had known | D.know |
John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent $3,000 more than he ________ for the wedding.
A.will plan | B.has planned |
C.would plan | D.had planned |
—Hurry up!Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.
—Oh!I thought they ________ without me.
A.went | B.are going |
C.have gone | D.had gone |
We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody ________ into the office during the night.(2011·江西)
A.broke | B.had broken |
C.has broken | D.was breaking |
By the time Jack returned home from England,his son ________ from college.(2011·辽宁)
A.graduated | B.has graduated |
C.had been graduating | D.had graduated |
By the end of last week, nearly 80 percent of the work .
A.have finished | B.had been finished | C.will be finished | D.was finished |