1 don’t think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point ________.

• A. around
• B. along
• C. across
• D. about

For lunch, I always have something quick and easy: a sandwich, a salad, toast and the ________.

• A. same
• B. similar
• D. rest
• C. like

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