B. Smells delicious, but I don’t drink coffee

C. is smelling delicious, but I don’t drink coffee.

D. smells delicious, but I am not drinking coffee at all.

86. This estate has no permanent owner! Who ______ this time?

A. belonged it B. belongs it

C. does it belong to D. is belonging it to

87. Come and sit by Leo and me. We ______ a boring gossip all about Clinton’s

affair. Join us if you are interested.

A. have been having B. have had

C. have D. are having

88. I think it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You ______ fat.

A. are getting B. have to get

C. get D. had got

89. Look at this sign. It ______ here ‘Leave your car here.’ Why not park our car here?

A. reads B. is reading

C. is writing D. is advising

90. Tom and Mr. Pitt ______ a stormy conversation. I wonder what they are talking about.

A. has been having B. have had

C. are having D. have

91. – Who ______ champagne?

– Me, when I can afford it.

A. has drunk B. drank

C. drinks D. is drinking

92. – What ______ at?

– A strange bird is flying over there.

A. do you look B. did you look

C. are you looking D. were you looking

93. Hi, Mike. I’m in France now. Can you imagine what a great time I ______?!

A. have B. enjoy

C. am having D. have had

94. – the violin now?

– Actually, that’s the radio you hear now.

A. Does your son play

B. Who plays

C. How long has your son been playing

D. Is your son playing

95. Scientists believe the weather ______ now.

A. is changing B. changes

C. was changed D. changed

96. You know the current situation: cinema audiences ______ in the United States now.

A. decline B. are declining

C. decrease D. is decreasing

97. I can’t interrupt him just now. He ____ a phone call to Australia at the moment.

A. is being made B. makes

C. is making D. has made

98. – The telephone is ringing, Ann. Can you get it?

– No, I ______ dinner. Maybe a little bit later…

A. have B. am having

C. am being had D. I had

99. Paris is wonderful! I like the food here, and so I ______ like mad.

A. am eating B. have eaten

C. had eaten D. am not eating

100. Whitman is a historian. He ____ on a history of cross-cultural dating customs.

A. currently works B. works now

C. is currently working D. currently write

101. I’ll never believe another thing that Craig tells me! Last week he told me that he would cut the grass, but he ______ it yet! It’s still there!

A. didn’t do B. hasn’t done

C. hadn’t done D. hardly did

102. And here are the main points of the news again. The pound ______ against the dollar.

A. have fallen B. is fallen

C. falls D. has fallen

103. So far, we ______ no response to our inquiry.

A. received B. have not received

C. have received D. were sent

104. ______ much of Bob lately?

A. Did you see B. Were you seeing

C. Have you seen D. Had you seen

105. He has been quite different since he ______ married.

A. has been getting B. gets

C. got D. has

106. Do you know the news? You ______ the exam!

A. passed B. had passed

C. have passed D. pass

107. – When ______ married?

– In 1974.

A. did they get B. do they get

C. have they got D. had they got

108. “Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister. “Why, what a long sleep ______!”

A. you had B. you’ve had

C. you have D. you got

109. ______ Gloria last week?

A. Have you seen

B. Did you see

C. How many times have you seen

D. Were you seeing

110. How often ______ in love in your life?

A. have you been B. were you

C. are you D. were you being

111. All the wars in history ______ us nothing yet.

A. had taught B. have taught

C. taught D. teaching

112. When ______ that goldfish?

A. have you last fed

B. were you last feeding

C. did you last feed

D. do you last feed

113. In recent years, many movies – such as The Terminator and Blade Runner

– ______ robots as slaves that eventually rise up against their human masters.

A. were portraying B. had portrayed

C. have portrayed D. portray

114. I ______ with children before, so I know what to expect in my new job.

A. have worked B. worked

C. was worked D. work

115. Because the river ______ steadily since Sunday, the residents of the area have been advised to prepare for flood conditions.

A. rose B. had risen

C. is rising D. has been rising

116. Although robots may be viewed negatively in Western culture, in Japan the interest to stories about them ______ for the past several years.

A. has been increasing B. increased

C. is increasing D. has been decreased

117. The current robot craze ______ in 1996.

A. has started B. started

C. had started D. used to start

118. Although popular computer use exploded throughout the world in the 1990s, academics ______ by computer since the early 1970s.

A. communicated B. had been communicating

C. are communicating D. used to communicate

119. Three years ago I got my law degree, and since then I ______ in a small law firm where I am very happy.

A. am working B. was working

C. have been working D. worked

120. I want to break the news. Mary ______ a baby!

A. had B. had had

C. has had D. will have had

121. I can’t come to your party because I ______ my leg.

A. have been breaking B. break

C. have broken D. broke

122. I’ve known her since we ______ at school together.

A. had been B. was

C. are D. were

123. When I got home, I found that water ______ down the kitchen walls.

A. run B. ran

C. was running D. was being run

124. At that time we ______ in the caravan for about six months already.

A. lived B. had been living

C. had left D. were living

125. Mr. Sanders, what ______ between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM last Friday?

A. you were doing B. did you do

C. were you doing D. you did

126. When I ______ this morning the sun was shining, the birds were singing.

A. get up B. was getting

C. got up D. was being got up

127. Mozart died while he ______ the Requiem.

A. had been composing B. had composed

C. composed D. was composing

128. While I ______ in this firm one summer, I met a terrific man, whom I married the following year.

A. used to work B. worked

C. was working D. had been working

129. When the earthquake occurred at 3:49 AM, most people in the city ______in their beds at home.

A. slept B. sleeped

C. were sleeping D. used to sleep

130. When you phoned I ______ in the garage.

A. worked B. work

C. used to work D. was working

131. I was tired because I ______ all day.

A. have been working B. had been working

C. worked D. was working

132. The headmaster entered. The boys ______ for him for a quarter of an hour.

A. waited B. had been waiting

C. were waiting D. was waiting

133. At six, when I got to the car park, I realised that I ______ my keys.

A. lost B. has lost

C. had lost D. was losing

134. Kate had dirt on her hands and knees as she ______ some gardening.

A. had been doing B. hadn’t done

C. has done D. has been doing

135. In the morning all the roads were blocked: it ______ all night.

A. snowed B. was snowing

C. had been snowing D. has been snowing

136. All the people we had invited ______, and some that we had not invited.

A. came B. come

C. have come D. have been coming

137. Nobody came to the meeting as Angela ______ to tell people about it.

A. forget B. forgot

C. had forgot D. had forgotten

138. I told him that I ______ of the place before.

A. have never heard B. never heard

C. didn’t hear D. had never heard

139. By that time, Sam’s photo ______ to the policemen.

A. had already show B. have already been shown

C. had already been shown D. were already on show

140. The lesson ______, when I arrived . So I excused myself and came in.

A. already started B. has already started

C. had already started D. never started

141. When we came to live in the US my father couldn’t work as a dentist right away because he ______ the state examination yet.

A. wasn’t passing B. not passed

C. hadn’t been passing D. hadn’t passed

142. By the time the ancient Egyptian civilization began to flourish more than 5,000 years ago, the onion ______ the main food throughout the Middle East for many years.

A. had already been B. was already

C. has already been D. would have been

143. In 1996 Honda Motor Corporation presented the world with P-2, a robot different from any other that ______ until then.

A. appeared B. has appeared

C. had appeared D. had disappeared

144. By the time my father retired last year, he ______ dentistry for thirty years.

A. was practising B. practiced

C. has been practising D. had been practising

145. When I found Mary, I could see that she ______.

A. has been crying B. had to cried

C. cry D. had been crying

146. ‘Do you know when Mrs Greenleaf’s train ______?’ he asked.

A. arrives B. will be arriving

C. will arrive D. shall arrive

147. Look up in the time-table when the last train ______ the station.

A. is leaving B. leaves

C. will be leaving D. leave

148. By analyzing historical and current data, meteorologists can predict the number of hurricanes that ______ in the Caribbean in any given year.

A. will appear B. are appearing

C. will have appeared D. would appear

149. So you’re visiting another country this year. You already have your tickets, and you leave next Tuesday at 4 PM. A week from now you ______ in the sunshine.

A. will relax B. will have relaxed

C. will be relaxing D. are relaxing

150. My dear husband promised that he ______ me a car for my birthday, but he didn’t say which birthday.

A. would give B. will give

C. used to give D. gave

151. One manufacturer, Smart Transport, Inc., ______ a press conference every other month.

A. holds B. had held

C. shall hold D. is holding

152. Lucy ______ for a drink this evening. I invited her yesterday.

A. comes B. is coming

C. will come D. shall come

153. By early in the 21st century, one in four Japanese people _____ over sixty-five.

A. will be B. shall be

C. is D. is required to be

154. I’ll think of you when ______ on the beach next week.

A. I’m being laid B. I’m going to lie

C. I’ll be lying D. I’m lying

155. The builders say they ______ the roof by Tuesday.

A. will finish B. are finishing

C. will have finished D. will be finishing

156. He promised that he ______ call my mother to wish her a happy birthday.

A. will B. would

C. used to D. would get used to

157. Before the construction of the English Channel, which connects France and England, most people didn’t believe that travel by land between the two countries ______ possible in the twentieth century.

A. will be B. would be

C. used to be D. is going to be

158. Next year the taxpayers ______ over twenty-two million dollars for a transportation system that is already out-of-date.

A. will spend B. will be spending

C. will have spent D. will have been spending

159. She’ll pay us back when she ______ a job.

A. gets B. have

C. will get D. shall get

160. Don’t sweep the floor, before your parents ______.

A. arrived B. arrives

C. will arrive D. arrive

161. Will you stay here until ______ off ?

A. the plane will take B. shall the plane take

C. the plane takes D. the plane have taken

162. I won’t tell you my secret unless you ______ not to tell anyone.

A. will promise B. don’t promise

C. promise D. won’t promise

163. Whenever ______ a thunder-storm, the cat hides under the bed.

A. there’ll be B. there’s

C. there was D. there will be

164. Your little robot dog will wag his tail if you ______ him on the floor.

A. place B. will place

C. had placed D. are placing

165. Your little robot dog will even bark if you ______ sound files info his body.

A. put B. had put

C. will put D. are put

166. Unless they ______ ticket prices, I’m not going to fly anymore. I’m not that rich.

A. don’t lower B. will not lowered

C. will lower D. lower

167. If I was free for six months, I ______ around the world.

A. travelled B. would travel

C. travel D. will travel

168. Your roommate is really noisy. If I ______ with him, I’d talk to him about the problem.

A. lived B. will live

C. live D. would live

169. If I didn’t like flying that much, I ______ a pilot.

A. would B. became

C. won’t be D. wouldn’t be

170. He took me for his housemaid. How surprised he’ll be when he ______out who I am!

A. found B. will find

C. shall find D. finds

171. I’ll be surprised if he ______ an accident soon. He drives like crazy.

A. won’t have B. doesn’t have

C. will have D. has

172. If he ______ for you, he’ll be very angry.

A. still waits B. will still wait

C. will still be waiting D. is still waiting

173. If ______ you what you’re doing say you’re with me.

A. nobody’ll ask B. anybody asks

C. nobody asks D. anybody will ask

174. ______ him I’m ashamed.

A. If I saw B. Whenever I see

C. If I’ll see D. Whenever I’ll meet

175. If Bob ______ your letter, I’m sure he’ll phone you today.

A. will receive B. will have received

C. has received D. receive

176. I would tell you if I ______.

A. know B. had known

C. knew D. would know

177. If we ______ a map now we should be able to get out of here.

A. have B. had had

C. had D. would have

178. It would be nice, dear, if you ______ me a bit with the housework.

A. do help B. help

C. did helped D. helped

179. If I had gone to university I ______ medicine then.

A. would study B. would have studied

C. wouldn’t study D. would be studying

180. If I married you, we ______ unhappy.

A. would have both been B. would both be

C. could have been D. will be

181. You ______ if you’d looked where you were going.

A. wouldn’t have crashed B. would have crashed

C. wouldn’t crash D. crashed

182. It would have been nice if he ______.

A. thanked you B. should thank you

C. had thanked you D. thanks you

183. If I ______ a better dancer, I would dance solo in the Bolshoy Theatre.

A. were B. am

C. would be D. can be

184. If I won the lottery, I ______ you half the money.

A. will give B. gave

C. would give D. give

185. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we ______ early.

A. arrived B. arrives

C. would arrive D. were arrived

186. If Jane’s nose ______ shorter, she would become a top model.

A. is B. were

C. had been D. would be

187. If he hadn’t spent so much on his holiday, he ______ enough to pay for the house repairs.

A. would B. was

C. had had D. would have had

188. If Bell ______ the telephone, somebody else would have done it.

A. invented B. had invented

C. didn’t invent D. hadn’t invented

189. If we ______ in a town, life would be easier.

A. live B. will live

C. lived D. move

190. ______ the time we find a spare minute to get there the exhibition will have closed.

A. Until B. Till C. To D. By

191. He’s been here ______ 10 o’clock.

A. for B. at C. since D. until

192. – When did you leave school?

– ______ I was sixteen.

A. As B. When C. While D. As soon as

193. This flight is full. ______ someone gives up a seat, you won’t get on this flight today.

A. If B. Unless C. When D. Where

194. ______ May she was studying hard for her final exam.

A. Since B. In C. — D. Just as

195. – How long have you been writing this novel?

– ______ five years by now.

A. For B. Since C. Till D. More

196. He was cooking the dinner ______ I arrived.

A. while B. as C. since D. when

197. I’ve had this job ______ a month.

A. in B. for C. since D. when

198. ______ the moment you’ve received this letter I’ll have left this country.

A. Until B. Till C. At D. By

199. She was studying law ______ the war started.

A. while B. when C. since D. as

200. ______ 6 o’clock this morning I was walking along the beach.

A. while B. when C. since D. at

201. Our first Spanish and Japanese editions of Modern Reader ______ this year, and they have already found a large audience.

A. published B. were published

C. were publishing D. publish

202. Until after World War II almost all the automobiles driven in the US ______.

A. made in Detroit by automobile workers

B. have been made in Detroit