C1. Mary ___________ to school. She goes to school by bus.

A. is never walking B. never is walking

C. never walks D. walks never

A2. The river ______________ to the east. It is the second longest river in the country.

A. runs B. is running

C. run D. ran

A3. I’m Chinese. Where _____________ from?

A. do you come B. will you come

C. did you come D. are you coming

C4. ____________ travelling?

A. Would you like B. Won’t you like

C. Do you like D. Are you like

B5. My mother often _____________ clothes on Sundays.

A. wash B. washes

C. has washed D. is washing

C6. Mark Twain, an American writer, ___________ everybody here.

A. knows B. is known as

C. is known to D. is known for

A7. When water ___________, it will be changed into vapour.

A. is heated B. heated

C. has heated D. heats

B8. I hope he will come to see me before he __________ here.

A. leave B. leaves

C. will leave D. left

A9. Look, here ___________ the famous player.

A. comes B. came

C. has come D. come

A10. He wanted to know why an apple ____________ down and not up.

A. falls B. fall

C. fell D. had fallen

D11. It was not until then that I came to know knowledge __________ only from practice.

A. had come B. came

C. would come D. comes

A12. Mary ___________ him very well, they were introduced at a party two years ago.

A. knows B. knew

C. had known D. is knowing

B13. According to the time table, the train for Guangzhou ________ at 8:00 a.m.

A. win leave B. leaves

C. is going to leave D. is leaving

C14. We will start as soon as the mannager___________.

A. will come B. is going to come

C. comes D. come

B15. The year ___________ four seasons.

A. has been divided into B. is divided into C. has divided in D. was divided into

B16, --"What’ s your job?"

--" I __________ for a newspaper."

A. have worked B. work C. worked D. had worked

A17. --" ___________French?"

--"Only a little. But I can speak English very well. "

A. Do you know B. Are you speaking C. Have you spoken D. Did you know

B18. ____________ six years since I began studying English.

A. They have been B. It is C. It was D. There are

C19. Once they _____________ to do something, you will never hold them back.

A. will make up their mind B. will make up their minds

C. make up their mind D. make up their minds

B20. I ____________ to stay here if I can.

A. have been meaning B. mean C. am meaning D. have mean

A21. He _______________ that they will pay him a visit.

A. believes B. is believing C. believe D. has believed

B22. Tom will work steadily until he ___________ the store at 6:00 p. m.

A. leave B. leaves C. left D. will leave

C23. Smith ___________ his friends for money.

A. is often asking B. often ask C. often asks D. has been asked

B24. Twelve inches _____________ one foot.

A. make B. makes C. is making D. will make

C25. Don’t talk so loudly. The baby ____________.

A. sleeps B. slept C. is sleeping D. has slept

B26. __________ the wind? It ____________ very strongly.

A. Are you hearing, is blowing C. Have you heard, has blown

B. Do you hear, is blowing D. do you hear, is blown

B27. It ____________ hard now, otherwise we could go out for a walk.

A. rains C. has rained B. is raining D. rained

B28. --"Anne works very hard. "

--"In fact, I think she _________ right now. "

A. studies B. is studying C. studied D. was studying

A29. --"Where are the children?"

--"They __________ a good time in the garden. "

A. are having B. have C. have had D. had

C30. --"Hello, Mary. We haven’t seen each other for years. What __________ now?"

--"I _________ at university."

A. do you do, have studied B. are you doing, study

C. are you doing, am studying D. are you going to do, am studying

B31. --" __________ for Shanghai?"

--"Yes. And I will come back in two months. "

A. Have you left C. Do you leave

B. Are you leaving D. Did you leave

C32. I think she __________ right now.

A. reading C. is reading

B. reads D. read

B33. Do be quiet! I’m trying to hear what the man _____________.

A. says B. is saying

C. has said D. has been saying

B34. I __________ going to London next month.

A. will think of C. shall think of

B. am thinking of D. I have thought of

D35. He ________ the same question.

A. often ask C. is always keeping

B. is always asked D. is always asking