Right now, Jim ...............the newspaper and Kathy ...............dinner.

A. reads / has cooked           B. is reading / is cooking

C. has read / was cooking       D. read / will be cooking

By this time next summer, you ...............your studies.

A. completes         B. will complete        C. are completing       D. will have completed

When Carol ...............last night, I my favorite show on television.

A. was calling / watched       B. called / have watched

C. called / was watching       D. had called / watched

Now you ............... from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. [not more than]

A. are flying       B. would fly        C. will fly       D. can fly

In the past the trip ...............very rough and often dangerous, but things a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.

A. was / have changed        B. is / change

C. had been / will change      D. has been / changed

In the 19th century, it ...............two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.

A. took      B. had taken       C. had taken        D. was taking

In the last hundred years, traveling ............... much easier and more comfortable.

A. becomes      B. has become       C. became       D. will become

I love ............... films but I seldom find time to go the cinema.

A. see      B. saw       C. seen       D. seeing

John ............... a respectful and obedient student.

A. said to be        B. is said       C. is said being        D. is said to be

 The worker was ............... his boss expected, so he was offered a raise.

A. more hard-working         B. as hard-working than

C. more hard-working than     D. more hard-working as