1. The old _______well looked after by the government in China.
A. is B. are C. has been D. was
2. The secretary and manager ________very busy now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
3.Both the secretary and the manager _____agreed to attend the meeting.
A. has B. have C. are D. was
4. Tom as well as two of his classmates _____invited to the party.
A. was B. were C. have been D. had been
5. Either you or I _____going to the teachers‘ office after class. A. am B. is C. are D. will
6. Most of his spare time ______spent in reading.
A. are B. were C. was D. have been
7. This is one of the best novels that _________appeared this year.
A. have been B. has C. had been D. have
8. Ten thousand dollars ______quite a large sum. A. are B. is C. were D. have
9. About 20 percent of the work ____done yesterday. A. are B. is C. were D. was
10. Mr. Smith, together with his children, ________arrived. A. are B. has C. is D. have
11. It _________I who _______leaving for London. A. is…is B. am…is C. is…am D. am…am
12. Not only Tom but also his wife ______fond of watching television.
A. are B. were C. be D. is
13. When and where to build the new factory ____yet.
A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided
14. Although the first part of the book is easy, the rest ______.
A. are difficult B. has proved difficult
C. is supposed difficult D. have been found difficult
15.That they were wrong in these matters ______ now clear to us all.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
16.Half of his goods ______ stolen the other day. A. are B. were C. is D. was
17.Mathematics _______the language of science.
A. are B. are going to be C. is D. is to be
18. Each of the students ______ a Chinese-English dictionary.
A. have B. has C. there is D. there are
19. They each ________ a beautiful handkerchief. A. have B. has C. there is D. there are
20. Between the two rows of trees ______the teaching building.
A. stand B. stands C. standing D. are
21. This pair of shoes _________made in Nanjing. A. is B. are C. have been D. had been
22. No one except my parents _______anything about it.
A. know B. knows C. is knowing D. have known
23. A number of students _____from the south. A. are B. is C. have D. has
24. The number of students from the north _________small.
A. are B. is C. have D. has
25. Writing stories and articles ________what I enjoy most. A. is B. are C. was D. were
26. His “Selected Poems” ____________first published in 1965.
A. were B. was C. has been D. are
27. Miss Smith is a friend of ____________.
A. Mary‘s mother’s B. Mary‘s mother C. Mother’s of Mary D. Mary mother‘s
28. A good deal of money _______spent on books. A. have B. has C. have been D. has been
29. On the wall ________ two large portraits. A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. hanging
30. _________turn green in spring. A. Leaf B. Leafs C. Leave D. Leaves
31. Father went to his doctor for ____about his heart trouble.
A. an advice B. advice C. advices D. the advices
32. All but one _________here just now. A. is B. was C. has been D. were
33. The number of people invited _______fifty, but a number of them _______absent for different reasons.
A. were;was B. was:was C. was:were D. were;were
34. The air in big cities ________very dirty by factories.
A. are often made B. is often made C. have often made D. has often made
35. Nobody _______to smoke in the cinema.
A. allows B. allow C. is allowed D. are allowed
36. The Chinese people ________hard-working and brave. A. are B. is C. has been D. are being
37. ______can be done _______been done.
A. All;have B. All that:have C. All;has D. All that;has
38. John has two brothers, but either _______out of work now.
A. are B. is C. has D. have
39. The police _______the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.
A. is searching for B. were searching for C. are searching for D. were searching
40. Apples of this kind _______.
A. tastes good B. tastes well C. taste good D. taste well
41. Your trousers _______dirty, you must have ________washed.
A. is; it B. are; it C. are; them D. is; them
42. Where _______rubbish, there are flies.
A. there are B. there is C. is D. there has
43. The Olympic Games _______held every _______years.
A. is; four B. are: four C. is: five D. are;five
44. Many a man _____ come to help us. A. have B. has C. is D. are
45. He is the only one of the students who ________elected. A. are B. have C. has D. is
46. Three-fourths of the homework ________today.
A. has finished B. has been finished C. have finished D. have been finished
47. Those who ______ in ______compositions, please hand them in this afternoon.
A. hasn‘t handed; his B. haven’t handed; their C. has handed; their D. have handed; his
48. Jane is one of the best students in her class who ________by their teacher.
A. are praised B. is praised C. praised D. praising
49. The whole class ________the teacher attentively.
A. are listening to B. is listening to C. are listening D. is listening
50. The United States of America _______one of the most developed countries in the world.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
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