93. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ______your advice.
A. follow B. had followed C. would follow D. have followed
94. If only the committee ______the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.
A. approve B. will approve C. can approve D. would approve
95. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, ______all practical value
by the time they were finished.
A. had lost B. would have lost C. would lose D. should have lost
96. Rebecca ______me earlier if she did not like her house she bought last month.
A. told B. would tell C. had told D. would have told
97. If you ______Jerry Brown until recently, you’d think the photograph on the right was
strange.
A. shouldn’t contact B. didn’t contact C. weren’t to contact D. hadn’t contacted
98. I apologize if I ______you, but I assure you it was unintentional.
A. offend B. had offended
C. should have offended D. might have offended
99. A safety analysis ______the target·as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
A. would identify B. will identify
C. would have identified D. will have identified
100. It is of the utmost importance that you ______here on time.
A. be B. shall be C. are to be D. must be
101. I wish ______to Stockholm when I was in Sweden. I hear it’s a beautiful city.
A. I went B. I had gone C. I have gone D. having gone
102. My father did not go to New York; the doctor suggested that he ______there.
A. not to go B. hadn’t gone C. not go D. wouldn’t go
103. In the past men generally preferred that their wives ______in the home.
A. worked B. would work C. work D. were working
104. The board deemed it urgent that these files ______right away.
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A. had to printed B. should have been printed C. must be printed D. should be printed
105. I’d rather you ______those important documents with you.
A. don’t take B. didn’t take C. won’t take D. not take
106. I’d just as soon ______rudely to her.
A. that you won’t B. your not speaking C. you not speak D. you hadn’t E. you didn’t speak
107. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning temperature.
A. is heated B. will be heated C. be heated D. would be heated
108. The business of each day, ______selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly.
A. it being B. be it C. was it D. it was
109. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, ______they Christian, Islamic,
Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
A. be B. being C. were D. are
110. If I were in a movie, then it would be about time that I ______my head in my hands for a
cry.
A. bury B. am burying C. buried D. would bury
Unit Four
1. ______ is to arrange them in groups or sequences according to a plan.
A. Things classified B. In classifying things C. As classification of things D. To classify things
2. The purpose of phonetics is ______an inventory and a description of the sounds found in
speech.
A. to provide B. provided C. which provided D. providing that
3. We regret ______you that the materials you ordered are out of stock.
A. informing B. to inform C. having informed D. to have informed
4. Mr. Johnson preferred ______heavier work to do.
A. to be given B. to be giving C. to have given D. having given
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5. If I had remembered ______the window, the thief would not have got in.
A. to close B. closing C. to have closed D. having closed
6. “The two Edinburgh girls are so popular.” “Every boy here wants ______.”
A. to date them B. a date with them C. dating them D. and date them
7. “I thought you had planned to practice piano today.” “I did nothing but ______letters all
day.”
A. to write B. write C. writing D. wrote
8. In 1938 Pearl S. Buck became the first American woman _____the Nobel Prize for Literature.
A. receive B. received C. to receive D. she received
9. Everyone had an application form in his hand, but no one knew which office room _____.
A. to send it to B. to send it C. to be sent to D. to have it send
10 The boy’s father ought him a large toy train _____.
A. to play with B. to ply with it C. which to play with D. at which to play
11. The traditional approach ______with complex problems is to break them down into smaller,
more easily managed problems.
A. to dealing B. in dealing C. dealing D. to deal
12. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _____his arguments in favor of the new
theory.
A. to be based on B. to base on C. which to base on D. on which to base
13. _____a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have at least a master’s degree. A. To become B. Become C. One becomes D. On becoming
14. There are too few gem cutters today _____.
A. from keeping the art lost B. to keep the art from getting lost C. from keeping the art lost D. for the art kept not to lose
15. I have heard both teachers and students _____well of him.
A. to speak B. spoken C. to have spoken D. speak
16. They are going to have the serviceman _____ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
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A. install B. to install C. to be installed D. installed
17. With the development in science and technology man can make various flowers _____
before their time.
A. be bloomed B. bloom C. bloomed D. blooming
18. As a public relations officer, he is said _____some very influential people.
A. to know B. to be knowing C. to have been knowing D. to have known
19. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____in broad daylight yesterday.
A. to be robbed B. robbed C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed
20. The ancient Egyptians are supposed _____rockets to the moon..
A. to send B. to be sending C. to have sent D. to have been sending
21. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined
_____high levels of self-confidence.
A. possess B. have possessed C. to possess D. possessing
22. The mother didn’t know who _____for the broken glass.
A. blamed B. be blamed C. to blame D. would blame
23. I’d rather read than watch television; the programs seem _____all the time.
A. to get worse B. to be getting worse C. to have gone worse D. getting worse
24. There are more than fifty proposals _____at the conference.
A. discussed B. discussing C. to be discussed D. having been discussed
25. The project, _____by the end of 2000, will expand the city’s telephone network to cover
1,000,000 users.
A. accomplished D. being accomplished C. to be accomplished D. having been accomplished
26. If the building project _____by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company
will be fined.
A. being completed B. is completed C. to be completed D. completed
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