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Directions: There are 40 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.
1. His mother often says to him, “It's high time that you ______.”
A. got married and settle down
B. getting married and settle down
C. would get married and settle down
D. got married and settled down
2. It is about time we ______ something for the disabled.
A. do
B. doing
C. did
D. done
3. It is high time you ______ smoking.
A. give up
B. gave up
C. must give up
D. will give up
4. It is high time ______ about the traffic problems in our city.
A. something was done
B. something is done
C. something will be done
D. something be done
5. I think it's high time you ______ some measures.
A. take
B. took
C. takes
D. taking
6. It is important that the application form ______ before Friday morning.
A. shall be handed in
B. should be handed in
C. will be handed in
D. must be handed in
7. It is necessary that you ______ academic homework on time.
A. may finish
B. can finish
C. finished
D. finish
8. He accepted his father's advice that he ______ computer science instead of ecology.
A. studied
B. studies
C. had studied
D. study
9. An order came that all the army supply ______ to the front before daybreak.
A. be sent
B. should send
C. were went
D. have sent
10. The doctor suggested that she ______ for the time being.
A. will not smoke
B. not smoke
C. would not smoke
D. did not smoke
11. We propose that the process ______ not later than April.
A. concluded
B. concludes
C. be concluded
D. is concluded
12. The professor recommended that I ______ as careful as possible when I did an experiment.
A. am
B. were
C. be
D. was
13. The headmaster required that all the teachers ______ at the meeting.
A. present
B. must be present
C. be present
D. would be present
14. The parents insisted that the kid ______ to the kindergarten.
A. will be sent
B. being sent
C. be sent
D. will send
15. I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I ______ the book from which it was adapted.
A. have read
B. am reading
C. would read
D. had read
16. John wishes that he ______ in business instead of politics when he was at college.
A. majored
B. had majored
C. have majored
D. major
17. I wish I ______ the film The Chinese Doctors .
A. have seen
B. had seen
C. should have seen
D. am seeing
18. Lucy wishes she ______ a job with her cousin when she had the chance.
A. had taken
B. was taking
C. will take
D. have taken
19. Had you asked me yesterday, I ______ you the money.
A. have lent
B. lent
C. would lend
D. could have lent
20. ______ enough time, I would have done that project much better.
A. If I should done
B. Had I to have
C. Had I had
D. If I had
21. ______ for your help, we'd never have been able to solve the problem and finish the task in such poor conditions.
A. Had it not
B. Had it not been
C. If it was not
D. If we had not been
22. Had she known the truth, she ______ him.
A. would have forgiven
B. had forgiven
C. would forgive
D. has forgiven
23. ______ today, he would get there by Friday.
A. Were he to leave
B. Would he leave
C. Was he leaving
D. If he leaves
24. Had it not been for his carelessness, Daniel ______ the first prize in the contest.
A. would win
B. would have won
C. will win
D. won
25. Having stayed in China for five years, the American teacher can speak Chinese fluently as if he ______ a Chinese.
A. is
B. were
C. was
D. had been
26. Looking round the town, he felt as though he ______ away for ages.
A. has been
B. was
C. is
D. had been
27. If we ______ enough rain last year, we could have gained a good harvest.
A. have
B. had
C. have had
D. had had
28. If I were you, I ______ refuse his unreasonable demand.
A. shall
B. must
C. may
D. would
29. If you ______ the football match last night, you wouldn't be sleepy now.
A. were not to watch
B. hadn't watched
C. wouldn't have watched
D. couldn't have watched
30. If you ______ to see David, what would you say to him?
A. would be
B. were
C. will be
D. are
31. If he had helped us, we ______ our task on time.
A. will finish
B. must finish
C. would have finished
D. must have finished
32. If it ______ so hard yesterday, we could have played football.
A. wouldn't rained
B. had rained
C. had not rained
D. would have rained
33. If I had started out earlier, I ______ the flight to Beijing.
A. caught
B. would catch
C. had caught
D. would have caught
34. ______ ten minutes earlier, he would have caught the bus.
A. If he arrives
B. If he arrived
C. If he had arrived
D. If he has arrived
35. If I were you, I ______ choose to work as a teacher in a small town.
A. would
B. will
C. may
D. shall
36. If he should act like that again, he ______.
A. would be punished
B. will be punished
C. would have been punished
D. is punished
37. But for the computer games, I ______ the final English exam last term.
A. would pass
B. would have passed
C. passed
D. pass
38. Without the Internet, human life ______ quite different today.
A. would have been
B. will be
C. would be
D. is
39. He was fully occupied yesterday; otherwise he ______ to the meeting.
A. came
B. had come
C. would come
D. would have gone
40. We were delayed at the airport. Otherwise we ______ here by lunchtime.
A. would have been
B. had been
C. were
D. would be