Choose the best answer:

10. In the past, the trip...................very rough and often dangerous, but things..........a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years

            A. was- have changed          B. is- change C. had been- will change     D. has been- changed

11. She................Hanoi last year

            A. went          B. go   C. goes           D. is going

12. Now you ..................from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours

            A. are flying  B. would fly  C. will fly      D. can fly

13. When Carol....................last night, I................my favorite show on television

            A. was calling- watched                  B. called- have watched     

       C. called- was watching                       D. had called- watched

14. By the time next summer, you....................your studies

            A. completes B. will complete       C. are completing      D. will have completed

15. Right now, Jim.................the newspaper and Kathy...............dinner

            A. reads- has cooked                       B. is reading- is cooking

            C. has read- was cooking    D. read- will be cooking

16. Last night at this time, they................................the same thing. She.................and he............the newspaper

            A. are doing- is cooking- is reading          B. were doing- was cooking- was reading

            C. was doing- has cooked- is reading        D. had done- was cooking- read

17. Sam..............to change a light bulb when he................and.........................

            A. was trying-slipped- fell  B. tried- was slipping- falling

            C. had been trying- slipped- was falling   D. has tried- slips- falls

18. Every day I _________up at 6 o’clock, _______breakfast at seven o’clock and_______for work at 8 o’clock

A. get- eat- leave      B. have got- eating- leaving           

C. got- ate- left                      D. will get- have eaten- left

19. I.......................... for this company for more then thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I..............next year

            A. am working- will retire  B. am going to work- am retiring

            C. work- am going to retire D. have been working- retire

20. My mother is the first.................up and the last......................to bed

            A. getting- going       B. to get- going         C. getting- to go        D. to get- to go

21. I must have a bath. I ......................all the afternoon

A. was gardening      B. have gardened      C. have been gardening       D. had been gardening

22. The team.................a single match so far this season

A. doesn’t win          B. didn’t win C. hasn’t won            D. hadn’t won

23. By the time you receive this letter, I ................for the USA

A. have left    B. will leave  C. will have left        D. am leaving

24. Up to now, the manager ………………..a lot of information about his secretary.

      A. learned           B. has learned           C. had learned         D. learns

25. Where is Mary? _ She ……………her homework in her room.

      A. is performing B. is making  C. is doing     D. is learning

26. While I ……………….along the road, I saw a friend of mine.

      A. was cycling    B. have cycled          C. cycled      D. am cycling

27. By the time I . . . . . . . . . .  this report, I will give you a ring.

     A. type      B. will type    C. have typed D. will have typed

28. While my mother ________ a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8th yesterday.

     A. watched           B. was watching                   C. had watched                     D. watches

29. The plane from Dallas ________ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London.

     A. took on            B. took in                            C. took over  D. took off

30. When we came, a party _________ in the hall.

     A. is being held   B. had being held     C. will be held          D. was being held

 31. He ………….. in the same house since 1975.

            A. has lived   B. is living      C. lived         D. had lived

 32. When I came to visit her last night, she ________ a bath.

            A. is having   B. was having           C. has D. had

 33.When we arrived at the restaurant, the others __________ .

            A. left B. have left    C. had left      D. are leaving

 34. By the end of 2010 we_______ in Ho Chi Minh City for 30 years.

      A. work                             B. will work                     C. have worked                    D. will have worked

I learned that the college  ________ in 1900

            A. found                              B. was founded                    C. founded    D. had been founded

If I ________ 10 years younger, I _________ the job.

            A. am/ will take        B. were/ would take C. would be/ took     D. had been / would take

By the time he _____________ to the meeting, it had begun for 15 minutes.

            A. had gone   B. has gone    C. went           D. was going

 38.  He began to feel ill while ___________________.

  A. he is doing the exam                B. he did the exam           

C. he would do the exam         D. he was doing the exam.

Since 1980, scientists the world over _____ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.

            A. have done            B. are doing C. did D. had done

Now my sister _____ a bicycle of her own.

            A. is having   B. are having             C. has D. had

Last week, my professor promised that he _____ today.

            A. would come         B. will come C. comes        D. coming

My girl friend arrived after I _____ for her about half an hour.

            A. was waiting          B. had been waiting C. have been waiting            D. have waited