Since the time humankind started gardening, we _____to make our environment more beautiful.
A.try | B.have been trying |
C.are trying | D.will try |
We won’t start the work until all the preparations __________.
A.are being made | B.will be made |
C.have been made | D.had been made |
Sofia looked around at all the faces: she had the impression that she _____ most of the guests before.
A.has seen | B.had seen |
C.saw | D.would see |
James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _______ until yesterday.
A.will come | B.was coming |
C.had come | D.came |
During his stay in Xi’an, Jerry tried almost all the local foods his friends ________,
A.would recommend |
B.had recommended |
C.have recommended |
D.were recommending |
Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.
A.had left | B.would leave |
C.was leaving | D.has left |
Because the shop _________, all the T-shirts are sold at half price in it.
A.has closed down | B.closed down |
C.is closing down | D.had closed down |
We ____very early so we packed the night Before.
A.leave | B.had left |
C.were leaving | D.have left |
—Jackie, could you please repeat what I said just now?
— Sorry, I ____.
A.wasn’t listening | B.wasn’t to listen |
C.hadn’t listened | D.wouldn’t listen |
I____ my homework at nine o'clock last Sunday morning.
A.am doing | B.was doing |
C.do | D.did |
Look at the pride on Tom's face. He ____ to have been praised by the manager just now.
A.seemed | B.seems |
C.had seemed | D.is seeming |
Professor John will give us a lecture on how to learn English, but when and where ____ yet.
A.hasn’t been decided |
B.haven’t been decided |
C.isn’t decided |
D.aren’t decided |
He asked me how much ____ on the mountain bike.
A.did I pay | B.I paid |
C.had I paid | D.I had paid |
I haven’t finished my report, but I promise I ____ it by the end of the week.
A.will finish |
B.have finished |
C.will be finishing |
D.will have finished |
—Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?
—I went to Ning Xia and ____ there for a year, teaching as a volunteer.
A.stayed | B.stay |
C.had stayed | D.am staying |