1.

She said she … late at the office that evening

and that she … home till about eleven. 7. We-----to visit my wife’s parentsnext
A) is working / got Saturday, and afterthat,we--------to a puppet
B) would work / isn't getting play.
C) was working / gets A) are planning / aregoing
D) would be working / wouldn't get B) planned /went
E) will be working / was getting C) were planning / aregoing
D) plan / go
2. Just asthe bus------away from the curb, E) are planning /go
anotherpassenger-------in through thestill
open door. 8. For the past fewdays, I------to decide
A) is pulling / has been leaping whether or not to drop out of university, butI still
B) pulled / has leapt ---------what todo.
C) was pulling /leapt A) was trying / didn’tknow
D) pulls / wasleaping B) have tried / didn’tknow
E) has pulled / leaps C) have been trying / don’tknoıw
D) tried / haven’tknown
3. I----for Mom outside the bank whileshe E) try / haven’tknown
---- some money for the shopping.
A) waited /withdrew 9. Mysister------in a small apartment atthe
B) have waited / haswithdrawn moment,butshe-------to find a house witha
C) am waiting /withdrew garden sometime soon.
D) was waiting / haswithdrawn A) is living /hopes
E) wait / has beenwithdrawing B) lives / hashoped
C) has lived /hoped
4. You ---- very ill. I don’tthinkyou-----after D) lives / washoping
your health properly. E) has been living /hoped
A) are looking /looked
B) have looked / havelooked 10.Christmas thank – you cards all daylong,
C) looked / have beenlooking and I-----only twenty out ofsixty.
D) look / arelooking A) am writing /finished
E) were looking /look B) have been writing / havefinished
C) was writing / wasfinishing
5. It’s been almost eight years since he---- D) wrote / amfinishing
the guitar in front of an audience, so it’s quite E) have written /finish
normal that he------nervous about his
performance tomorrow. 11. Because of the icy road, we very narrowly----
A) has played /felt an accidentaswe-------around the curve.
B) was playing /feels A) are avoiding /drive
C) is playing / wasfeeling B) were avoiding / havedriven
D) played / isfeeling C) have avoided /drive
E) has played / hasfelt D) have been avoiding / aredriving
E) avoided / weredriving
6. The car in frontofus------verysuddenly
because anold woman-------slowly acrossthe 12. None of my close friends-----marrieduntil
road. now, but my best friend Rey------his highschool
A) has stopped /walks sweatheart Lora next week.
B) stopped / waswalking A) got /marries
C) is stopping / haswalked B) gets / hasmarried
D) was stopping / waswalking C) has got / ismarrying
E) stopped /walked
D) was getting /marries
E) gets / ismarrying
13. James-----his job in a hotel, and now he
---- as a sales assistant in a department
store.
A) have been quiting /works
B) quit / isworking
C) quits / has beenworking
D) has quit / hasworked
E) was quitting /works
14. Mevlana’s father, Bahaddin Walad,----
out with his son for Anatolia
whentheMongols over CentralAsia.
A) is setting /took
B) has set / have beentaking
C) was setting / havetaken
D) has been setting /take
E) set / weretaking
15. AlthoughSandra normally------clothes,
she-----working as a sales assistantbecause
of the economic crisis.
A) designes / hasstarted
B) is designing /starts
C) has designed /starts
D) has designed / has beenstarting
E) has been designing / wasstarting
16. Justin Timberlake-----famousthrough
the group N’ Sync, but nowadays, he ----
most of his songs as a solo artist.
A) became /sings
B) has become /sang
C) becomes / issinging
D) is becoming / has beensinging
E) was becoming / hassung
17. Jonathan’ssportsshoes-------muddy
becauseshe------Football in the park in the
rain.
A) were / isplaying
B) are / hadplayed
C) are / has beenplaying
D) have been / wasplaying
E) will have been /played
18. Lynn Hill, the greatRock climber,-----for
the first time at the age of 14, and since then, she
---------some of the most amazing climbs in
the sports history.
A) is climbing /did
B) was climbing /does
C) has climbed / has beendoing
D) climbed / hasdone
E) has been climbing / isdoing
19. Vanessa-----a lot of beautiful buildings on
her trip around the world,butshe--------theTaj
Mahal most.
A) had seen / willlike
B) saw / hasliked
C) has seen / likes
D) sees /liked
E) saw /likes
20. Tom Hanks----two Oscars nadfour
Golden Globessincehe------acting in moviesin
the 1980’s.
A) won /starts
B) has been winning / hasstarted
C) has won /started
D) wins / has beenstarting
E) is winning / wasstarting
21. Although both the ancient Egyptians and
Mesoamericans ----pyramids, they------themfor
different purposes.
A) built /constructed
B) are building /construct
C) were building / haveconstructed
D) have built / wereconstructed
E) are building / have beenconstructing
22. I----here for nearly two hours now andthe
doctor still ----.
A) was waiting / wasn’tcoming
B) am waiting / hasn’t beencoming
C) have waited / didn’tcome
D) have been waiting / hasn’tcome
E) wait / isn’tcoming

23. Benazir Bhutto once-----the governmentof
Pakistan as Prime Minister, butnow she-------in
exile in the United Arab Emirates.
A) runs / isliving
B) has run / lived
C) was running / haslived
D) ran / lives
E) is running / has been living
24. TRT----to the Turkish Nation ever sincethe
firstTVsets------in homes in the1960’s.
A) broadcasts / wereappearing
B) has been broadcasting /appeared
C) has broadcast / haveappeared
D) is broadcasting / have beenappearing
E) was broadcasting / areappearing
25. TheGermans------an assault towardsthe
Caucasus while the USSR----a second attack in
the direction of Moscow.
A) have launched / isawaiting
B) launch / has beenawaiting
C) are launching /awaited
D) were launching / hasawaited
E) launched / wasawaiting
26. Jimmy----his thesis on the medievalItalian
republics,sohe-------to the library to findsome
books.
A) was doing / isgoing
B) does / wasgoing
C) has done /goes
D) did / has beengoing
E) is doing / hasgone
27. Joseph-----upset about his examresults
anymore; infact, he------a lot recently.
A) didn’t look /smiles
B) isn’t looking / willsmile
C) hasn’t looked / issmiling
D) won’t look / wassmiling
E) doesn’t look / has beensmiling
28. The Hittites andtheEgyptians-------a peace
treaty in 1283 BC, and, at the moment, a copyofit
------in the UNHeadquarters.
A) makes / has beenhanging
B) have been making /hangs
C) made / is hanging
D) were making / hashung
E) have made /hangs
29. ArundhatiRoy-----only one novel,although
she often-----books or articles oncontemporary
issues.
A) writes / has beenwriting
B) has written /writes
C) wrote / iswriting
D) is writing /wrote
E) was writing / haswritten
30. In 1984, the peopleof Bhoal------outtheir
daily routines when a poisonous gas------from
the nearby Union CarbidePlant.
A) have carried / wasleaking
B) are carrying / hasleaked
C) were carrying /leaked
D) have been carrying / isleaking
E) carried /leakes
31. As our TV----very well for the lasttwo
months,we------of buying a new one.
A) didn’t work / have beenthinking
B) hasn’t worked /think
C) doesn’t work / werethinking
D) isn’t working / havethought
E) hasn’t been working / arethinking
32.Since Iris ---- from University, she----
English as a voluntary worker in China.
A) has been graduating /teaches
B) has graduated / wasteaching
C) was graduating /taught
D) graduated / has beenteaching
E) graduates / isteaching
33. Around 4thcentury AD, Indonesianpeople
---- the Indian Ocean to Madagascar,
andtheirdescendantsstill an Indonesian –like
language there today.
A) have crossed / arespeaking
B) are crossing / have beenspeaking
C) crossed /speak
D) were crossing /spoke
E) have been crossing / havespoken
34. Vanessa-----on his own ever since hiswife
---- him due to his heavydrinking.
A) lived / wasdeserting
B) has been living /deserted
C)has lived / hasdeserted
D) lives / has beendeserting
E)is living / is deserting
35. While he ---- in India, Ibn Battuta-----as
a judge, or qadi, for the Sultan of Delhi.
A) was staying / hasworked
B) has stayed / wasworking
C) stayed / has beenworking
D) was staying /worked
E) stayed / hasworked
36. Ingeneral, yousef------landscapes, but
she-----a portrait of the mayor of the local
council for the time being.
A) has been painting /does
B) was painting /did
C) is painting / hasdone
D) painted / has beendoing
E) paints / isdoing
37. I ---- Indian food before,butstill-------to
try your chicken biryani.
A) have been eating / haven’twanted
B) have eaten / don’twant
C) am eating / don’twant
D) eat / didn’twant
E) was eating / haven’twanted
38. We ---- for a new car,soI------through
the advertisements in the newspapers.
A) look /searched
B) have been looking /search
C) looked / have beensearching
D) are looking / amsearching
E) were looking /search
39. Edith Wharton-----on her novel The
Buccaneerswhenshe-------nearParis.
A) was working /died
B) worked / has beendying
C) has been working / hasdied
D) is working /dies
E) works / wasdying
40. Britney-----Vietnam, and this yearshe
---- to Mexico for hervacation.
A) has visited / istravelling
B) has been visiting / hastravelled
C) visited /travels
D) visits / wastravelling
E) was visiting / istravelling
41. More than twohundred people--------the
tower whenthebomb--------in one of thedustbins.
A) have visited / wasexploding
B) were visiting /exploded
C) visited / hasexploded
D) are visiting / isexploding
E) visits / hasexploded
42. It ---- one week sincethe flood------butstill
aid workers are rescuing people.
A) is / isstriking
B) was / wasstriking
C) has been /struck
D) will / isstriking
E) is going to be /strikes
43. By the end of next weekthe jury-------all the
witnessesandthey-------the courtroom to decide
on a verdict.
A) have been hearing / haveleft
B) have heard / areleaving
C) are hearing /leave
D) hear /left
E) will have heard / willleave
44. By 16thcentury,Austria-------so large thatits
emperor-----all of modern Austria, Belgium,the
Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and Spain as
well as parts of Italy and Yugoslavia.
A) has become /ruled
B) was becoming / hasruled
C) was going to become /rule
D) had become / wasruling
E) becomes / has beenruling
45. Over the last few years, consume interest in
organicagriculture------up dramatically, and
demand-----currently ahead ofsupply.
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A) has shot /is 51. It-----until the 17thcentury thatmilitary
B) shot /was leaders began to realize that stress on soldiers
C) had shot / hadbeen ---- a profound influence on the success of
D) is shooting / hasbeen military operations.
E) was shooting / wouldbe A) had not been / washaving
B) is not /has
46. In the past few months, our company C) was not / couldhave
director-----more mettle than mostindustrialists D) has not been /had
---- in an entire career. E) may not be / musthave
A) had shown / havedone
B) showed / woulddo
C) shows /did
D) was showing / haddone
E) has shown /do
47. The new recordings of Corelli’sconcertos
---- a welcome opportunity to reflect on some of
52. Cabbage-----as early as 2000 B.C. andthe
the changes intaste that-------since 1989.
commercialvarietiesnow-------Brusselsprouts,
A) have offered /developed
common cabbage, sprouting broccoli, and
B) offer / havedeveloped kohlrabi.
C) had offered /develop A) should have been cultivated / haveincluded
D) offered / woulddevelop B) had been cultivated /included
E) will offer / haddeveloped C) would be cultivated / used toinclude
D) would have been cultivated / caninclude
48. A battery cell that-----popular duringthe
E) was cultivated /include
nineteenthcentury-------in 1836 by theEnglish
chemist John Frederick Daniell.
A) had become / had beenconstructed
B) would have become / has beenconstructed
C) is to become / isconstructed
D) became / wasconstructed
E) would become / was to have beenconstructed

49. It is time the members of the European

Community-----into the open theirfears
concerning economic recession.
A) havebrought
B) shouldbring
C) brought
D) arebringing
E) Willbring

50. There ---- no doubt that the oil sector----

the basis of the Iraqi economy for many years to
come.
A) has been / may haveformed
B) is / willform
C) was / hasformed
D) had been /formed
E) will be / wouldform