Part 1 1. Now Tom with his classmates _____ football on the playground. A. play B. are playing C. plays D. is playing 2. Thirty dollars _____ too expensive. A. are B. is C. were D. be 3. "If anybody _____, please put down _____ name," said the teacher to the monitor. A. wants to buy the book/his B. want to buy the book/their C. will buy the book/one's D. wants to have the book bought/her 4. Nothing but one desk and six chairs _____ in the room. A. are B. is stayed C. is D. are left 5. Between the two roads _____ a TV tower called "Skyscraper Tower". A. stands B. standing C. which stands D. stand 6. -- Shall I wait here for three hours? --Yes. Three hours _____ to wait for such a doctor. A. are not very long for you B. is not long enough for you C. was not long enough for you D. will be too long for you 7. Every student and every teacher _____. A. are going to attend the meeting B. have attended the meeting C. has attended the meeting D. is attended the meeting 8. This pair of shoes _____. A. is her B. is hers C. are hers D. are her 9.What we need ______good textbooks. A. is B. are C. have D. has 10._______ has been done. A. ninety — nine percents of the work B. Half of what he promised C. Two-fifths of the articles D. Three quarter of the business Part 2 1. On the wall______ two large portraits. A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. hanging 2. “News of victories _____ pouring in as our army advances,” the company commander said. A. keep B. keeps C. kept D. have kept 3. There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle. A. are B. is C. were D. has 4. Zhang’s family ____ rather big, with twelve people in all. A. is B. are C. being D. was 5. Nobody but Jane ____ the secret. A. know B. knows C. have known D. is known 6. All but one _____ here just now. A. is B. was C. has been D. were 7. A library with five thousand books ____ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered 8. Not only I but also Jane and Mary __ tired of having one exam after another. A. is B. are C. am D. be 9. 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 10. When and where to build the new factory _____ yet. A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided