A1. The driver of the red car __________ when a black one came up very quickly.

　　A. was just starting C. would just start out

　　B. has just started D. is just starting out

　　A2. What ______________ from nine to eleven last night?

　　A. were you doing C. had you done

　　B. do you do D. have you done

　　D3. While he __________ the poster, a door somewhere behind him opened.

　　A. is staring at C. was stared at

　　B. did stare at D. was staring at

　　C4. While Tom ______________ a baseball match, his brother was reading an interesting novel in his room.

　　A. had watched C. was watching

　　B. watches D. has been watching

　　B5. When I entered the room, she ___________ for her watch.

　　A. searched C. has searched

　　B. was searching D. was searched

　　A6. He ____________ the street when he was hit by a car.

　　A. was just crossing C. just crossed

　　B. had just crossed D. was just crossed

　　C7. The teacher _________ it was important to know English grammar.

　　A. had always been saying C. had always said

　　B. was always saying D. was always said

　　C8. It ___________ as the team made its way to the front.

　　A. was snowed C. was snowing

　　B. had been snowing D. had snowed

　　C9. Tbe water was still below our waists, but it _________ all the time.

　　A. rose C. was rising

　　B. raised D. was raising

　　D10. While the boy ___________ a letter, the phone _____________.

　　A. is writing, is ringing C. wrote, rang

　　B. has written, has rung D. was writing, rang

　　C11. He was a little mad. He _________ to prove that the earth was flat.

　　A. had tried C. was always trying

　　B. always be trying D. would always be trying

　　D12. Just as I ___________ what to do next, the phone rang.

　　A. am wondering C. would wonder

　　B. wonder D. was wondering

　　A13. Where is Bob? He _________ on the playground ten minutes ago.

　　A. was playing C. had played B. played D. has played

　　D14. The last time I went to my home town, a big reservoir _________ there.

　　A. built C. has been built

　　B. had built D. was being built

　　B15. The material _____________ in the lab when the lab ___________ fire.

　　A. was tested, was caught C. tested, caught

　　B. was being tested, caught D. was testing, was caught

　　D16. Mr. Benson __________ himself abstract physics by the time he was fifteen.

　　A. taught C. was taught

　　B. has taught D. had taught

　　B17. Mary was caught in a traffic jam and by the time she arrived at the airport her father's plane

　　A. took off C. was taken off

　　B had already taken off D. had already been taken off

　　A18. She was so interested in the book that she ____________ it for three hours before she realized it.

　　A. had read C. was reading

　　B. read D. would have read

　　D19. Jane was tired. She ___________ all day.

　　A. was working C. worked B. had worked D. had been working

　　B20. They thanked me for what my daughter ___________.

　　A. did C. does

　　B. has done D. had done

　　C21. By the end of last year he__________over one thousand letters of congratulation from different parts of the world.

　　A. received C. had received

　　B. has received D. would receive

　　A22. When we arrived at the station we found the train ___________.

　　A. left C. was left

　　B. will leave D. had left

　　B23. She got here before I _____________ up. I __________ that she would come so early.

　　A. had got, had not expected B. got, didn't expect

　　C. had been, didn't expect D. would get, had not expected

　　B24. He kept looking at her, wondering where __________ before.

　　A. had he seen her C. did he see her

　　B. he had seen her D. he saw her

　　B25. I ____________ the film before, but I decided to see it a second time.

　　A. have seen C. had seen

　　B. saw D. hadn't seen