We’ve never seen our history teacher so angry; he looks as if he…………….!




A.explodes
B.is exploding
C.is going to explode
D.was exploding

I think my wife and I…………….on a small farm when I am retired.




A.will have lived
B.will be living
C.are living
D.have lived

The first boy or girl who ……….all the questions is to receive the singer’s new album.




A.answer
B.would answer
C.will answer
D.answered

I didn't go with them since I……………..for a test on the following day.




A.must have prepared
B.have been preparing
C.had to prepare
D.was being prepared

The first moments of the race, for which we…………………since the beginning of the school year, were always a bit tense.




A.have been preparing
B.have prepared
C.were preparing
D.had been preparing

Everybody………….here except for Jill two hours ago.




A.is
B.has been
C.can be
D.was

Being on the whole very sceptical about the project, Mr Adams………….to cooperate. But he made it clear that his support was only conditional and could be withdrawn at any moment.




A.didn’t promise
B.did promise
C.has promised
D.wouldn’t promise

What great joy it was to receive the news he…………… such a long time!




A.had been waiting for
B.has been waiting
C.has been waiting for
D.has waited

No matter how hard he tried, Mike could not make sense of his economics textbook.




A.Mike could not understand his economics textbook because he hardly tried to at all.
B.In spite of his efforts, Mike was unable to understand the contents of his economics textbook.
C.If Mike had studied harder, he would have been able to comprehend what was in his economics textbook.
D.It was impossible for Mike to understand his economics textbook without making a great effort.

Which phrase or sentence is the best TO CORRECT the underlined part :
In American English the ‘fall’ refers to which season?




A.Spring
B.summer
C.autumn
D.winter