31. If city noises ____ from increasing， people ____ shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.
A. are not kept； will have to B. are not kept； have to
C. do not keep； will have to D. do no keep； have to （MET92）
32. —In what office can I find Mrs.Jones，please?
—I’m very sorry， but she ____ .
A. doesn’t any more work here B. doesn’t any longer here work
C. doesn’t work any more here D. doesn’t work here any longer（MET92）
33. Tom ____ into the house when no one ____ .
A. slipped； was looking B. had slipped； looked
C. slipped； had looked D. was slipping； looked （MET92）
34. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.
A. leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left （MET93）
35. In some parts of the world， tea ____ with milk and sugar.
A. is serving B. is served C. serves D. served （MET93）
36. The pen I ____ I ____ is on my desk， right under my nose. （MET93）
A. think， lost B. thought， had lost
C. think， had lost D. thought， have lost
37. —Can I join your club， Dad?
—You can when you ____ a bit older.
A. get B. will get
C. are getting D. will have got （NMET94）
38. —I’m sorry to keep you waiting.
—Oh， not at all. I here only a few minutes.
A. have been B. had been C. was D. will be （NMET94）
39. —Do you like the material?
—Yes， it ____ very soft.
A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D. is felt （NMET94）
40. I don’t really work here； I ____ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out D. will just help out （NMET94）
41. I need one more stamp before my collection ____ .
A. has completed B. completes
C. has been completed D. is completed （NMET94）
42. —Your phone number again? I ____ quite catch it.
—It’s 9568442.
A. didn’t B. couldn’t C. don’t D. can’t （NMET95）
43. As she ____ the newspaper， Granny ____ asleep.
A. read， was falling B. was reading， fell
C. was reading， was falling D. read， fell （NMET95）
44. You don’t need to describe her. I ____ her several times.
A. had met B. have met C. met D. meet （NMET95）
45. I don’t think Jim saw me； he ____ into space.
A. just stared B. was just staring
C. has just stared D. had just stared （NMET95）
46. — ____ my glasses?
—Yes， I saw them on your bed a minute ago.
A. Do you see B. Had you seen
C. Would you see D. Have you seen（NMET96）
47. The number of people invited ____ fifty， but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
A. were， was B. was， was
C. was， were D. were， were （NMET96）
48. Helen ____ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ____ home.
A. has left， comes B. left， had come
C. had left， came D. had left， would come （NMET96）
49. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ____ at a radio shop at the time.
A. has worked B. was working
C. had been working D. had worked （NMET97）
50. —Alice， why didn’t you come yesterday?
—I ____ ， but I had an unexpected visitor.
A. had B. would C. was going to D. did （NMET97）
51. —Nancy is not coming tonight.
—But she ____ ！
A. promises B. promised
C. will promise D. had promised （NMET98）
52. Shirley ____ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote
C. had written D. was writing （NMET98）
53. —Hi， Tracy， you look tired.
—I am tired. I ____ the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted
C. have been painting D. have painted （NMET98）
54. The price ____ ， but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A. went down B. goes down
C. has gone down D. was going down （NMET99）
55. —Hey， look where you are going！
—Oh， I’m terribly sorry. ____ .
A. I’m not noticing B. I wasn’t noticing
C. I haven’t noticed D. I don’t notice （NMET99）
56. —You’ve left the light on.
—Oh， so I have. ____ and turn it off.
A. I’ll go B. I’ve gone C. I go D. I’m going （NMET2000）
57. —How are you today?
—Oh， I ____ as ill as I do now for a very long time.
A. didn’t feel B. wasn’t feeling
C. don’t feel D. haven’t felt （NMET2000）
58. The reporter said that the UFO ____ east to west when he saw it.
A. was traveling B. traveled
C. had been traveling D. was to travel （NMET2000）
59. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology ____ so rapidly.
A. is changing B. has changed
C. will have changed D. will change （NMET2001）
60. I ____ ping-pong quite well， but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.
A. will play B. have played C. played D. play （NMET2001）
61. Visitors ____ not to touch the exhibits.
A. will request B. request
C. are requesting D. are requested （NMET2001）
62. —You haven’t said a word about my new coat， Brenda. Do you like it?
—I’m sorry I ____ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.
A. wasn’t saying B. don’t say
C. won’t say D. didn’t say （NMET2002）
63. I wonder why Jenny ____ us recently. We should have heard from her by now.
A. hasn’t written B. doesn’t write
C. won’t write D. hadn’t written （NMET2002）
key: 31—35 ADABB 36—40 BAACC 41—45 DABBB 46—50 DCCBC 51—55 BDCCB 56—60 ADAAD
61—63 DDA
