C. Multiple choice.
1. If I were you, I would take it easy;_________ is no need to be nervous.
A) it B) this C) there D) which
2. Mary's score on the test is the highest in the class; she_________ last week.
A) should study
B) should have studied
C) must have studied
D) must have to study
3. I wish that I_________ with you last night.
A) went B) have gone
C) could go D) could have gone
4. This bottle is nearly empty. You_________ a lot.
A) could have drunk
B) must drink
C) ought to drink
D) must have drunk
5. Nobody knows how people first came to these islands. They_________ from South America on rafts.
A) must have sailed
B) can sail
C) might have sailed
D) should have sailed
6. We tried _______ to persuade him to stay home, but at last, he went to the construction site in spite of his serious illness.
A) vain B) in vain
C) in fact D) in vanity
7. Everybody is preparing for the final examination, and they are now_________ it.
A) in the shadow of
B) in the shade of
C) under the cover
D) under the mask of
8. The newcomers_________ to impress the company with their cleverness and promptness.
A) set about B) set out
C) set off D) set up
9. If I_________ yesterday afternoon, I_________ the paper.
A) weren't interrupted; would finish
B) didn't interrupt; would have finished
C) hadn't interrupted; had finished
D) hadn't been interrupted; would have finished
10. If I_________ you, I_________ worry about it.
A) were; wouldn't
B) was; wouldn't
C) be; wouldn't
D) am; shouldn't
11. It was snowing hard outside. The children came in,_________ cold and hunger.
A) pinched off B) pinched with
C) pinching off D) pinching with
12. Having been_________ for several months, the escaped murderer was caught at the railway station the day before yesterday.
A) on the road B) on the ground
C) on the spot D) on the run
13. We were overjoyed at the news of China _________ her first manned spaceship Shenzhou-V.
A) to have launched B) to launch
C) launched D) having launched
14. Believe it or not, a fruit peddler can earn _________ a white collar worker, who has a better position in a big company.
A) much as twice as
B) as twice much as
C) twice as much as
D) as much as twice
15. It is unfortunate that our director simply sat _________ our suggestions and did nothing about it.
A) out B) in C) on D) over