25.— We could have walked to the station, it was so near.

---Yes. A taxi _______ at all necessary.(MET92) A. wasn’t

B. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be

D. won’t be

26. — Do you like the material? Yes. it ______ very soft. (NMET94) A. is feeling B. felt C. feels

D. is felt

27.I don’t really work here, I_______ until the new secretary arrives. (NMET94) A. just help put B. have just helped out

C. am just helping out D. will just help out

28. The last time I _____ Jane she _____ cotton in the fields. (MET92)

A. had seen, was picking B. saw, picked C. had seen, picked D. saw, was picking

29.The pen I ______ I ______is on my desk right under

my nose. (MET93) A. think, lost B. thought, had lost C. think, had lost

D. thought, have lost 30. —Your phone number again? I_____ quite catch it. — It’s 9568422. (NMET95) A. didn’t B. couldn’t C. don’t

D. can’t

31. As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.

(NMET95)

A. read, was falling B. was reading, fell

C. was reading, was falling

D. read, fell

32. — Can I help you, sir?

— Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it ______. (NMET96) A. didn’t work B. won’t work C. can’t work

D. doesn’t work 33.I first met Lisa three years ago. She _____ at a radio shop at the time (NMET97) A. has worked B. was working C. had been working

D. had worked

34. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?

—I____, but I had an unexpected visitor. (NMET97) A. had

B. would

C. was going to D. did

35. Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it (NMET98) A. has written B. wrote

C. had written D. was writing

36. — Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

— I am tired. I ______the living room all day.(NMET98) A. painted B. had painted C. have been painting D. have painted

37. He _____ to the lab than he set out to do the

experiment. (1999) A. has no sooner got

B. no sooner got

C. will no sooner get D. had no sooner got 38. Do let your mother know all the truth. She appears _______ everything. (2001) A. to tell

B. to be told C. to be telling D. to have been told 39. I really appreciate ______ to relax with you on this

nice island. (2001) A. to have had time B. having time C. to have time D. to having time

40. If a man _____ succeed, he must work as hard as he

can. A. will B. is going to C. is to D. should

41. However hard you ______, you will never succeed in pleasing her.

A. should try B. will try C. would try D. try

42. It _____ nearly two weeks ______ I had received his

letter.

A. is; that B. was; that C. is; since D. was; since 43. It is five years since my dear aunt _____ here. A. left

B. has left C. is left

D. had left

44. It won’t be long before such a thing ______ again. A. will happen B. happens C. is happened

D. happened

45. I’m sorry I _____ to come here for the meeting. A. have forgot to tell him B. have forgot telling him C. forgot telling him D. forgot to tell him

46. They should have finished the job before noon, but

they ____ . A. don’t

B. didn’t

C. won’t D. shouldn’t 47. Above it _____ a famous painting. A. hanged B. hang C. is hung D. hanging 48. The sports ground is wet, for it _____ last night.

A. must rain B. rained C. must have rained D. was raining