1.He told us he ___ a concert ___.
    A.attended;three days ago
    B.would attend;since three days
    C.was attending;for three days
    D.had attended;three days before
2.His wife ___ to catch the last train but she was too late.
    A.hoped
    B.had hoped
    C.hopes
    D.would hope
3.To my great surprise,I found that he ___ his English so rapidly.
    A.improves
    B.improved
    C.has improved
    D.had improved
4.-- Did you see xiao Li at the party?
    -- No, ___ by the time I arrived.
    A.she'd left
    B.she's left
    C.she was left
    D.she must leave
5.The job proved to be much more difficult than I ___.
    A.expect
    B.expected
    C.would expect
    D.had expected
6.We couldn't catch up with the others because they ___ too long
    before us.
    A.started
    B.were starting
    C.have started
    D.had started
7."The Tower is the tallest building in the city." 
    " ___ from here?"
    A.Can it seen
    B.Can see it
    C.Can it be seen
    D.Can it being seen
8.The boy whom you lent the bike to ___ by a car.
    A.hit
    B.be hit
    C.having been hit
    D.was hit
9.The thief ___ while climbing over the garden wall.
    A.has caught
    B.was caught
    C.caught
    D.being caught
10.Jackson ___ to work in government office though he hated serving
    there.
    A.wanted
    B.was wanted
    C.was wanting
    D.had wanted
11.-- Did you enjoy last night's concert?
    -- Yes,though the last piece ___ rather poorly.
    A.played
    B.playing
    C.was playing
    D.was played
12.He fell from the tree and ___ so badly ___ that he was sent to
    the hospital immediately.
    A.did;injure
    B.has;injured
    C.was;injured
    D.is;injured
13.When ___ the Chinese Communist Party ___?
    A.was;found
    B.was;founded
    C.has;been found
    D.has;been founded
14.She ___ a young man, one of the nobleman's tenants.
    A.was engaged
    B.was engaged with
    C.was engaged to
    D.engaged in
15.The telephone had been ringing for five minutes before it ___.
    A.answered
    B.has answered
    C.was answering
    D.was answered
16.The Antiapanese War ___ in 1937 and it ___ eight years.
    A.was broken out;lasted
    B.broke out;lasted
    C.break out;lasts
    D.broke out;last
17.My sister wants to work in a power plant which ___ still ___.
    A.is;building
    B.has;been built
    C.is;being built
    D.is;to be built
18.Your cough ought ___ before it gets any worse.
    A.to see
    B.to be seen
    C.to see to
    D.to be seen to
19.Some day you ___ your foolish behaviour.
    A.answer for
    B.are answered for
    C.will answer for
    D.will be answered for
20.Those streams are so small that they ___.
    A.can't show in the maps
    B.can't show on the maps
    C.can't be shown in the maps
    D.can't be shown on the maps


