When I ............... home last night, I ............... that Jane ............... a beautiful candlelight dinner.

A. had arrived / discovered / prepared

B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing

C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared

D. arrived / discovered / was preparing

Last night at this time, they ............... the same thing. She ............... and he ............... the Newspaper.

A. are doing / is cooking / is reading

B. were doing / was cooking / was reading

C. was doing / has cooked / is reading

D. had done / was cooking /read

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