7. Maths _______ my favourite subject.
A. be B. is C. am D. are
8. The boy with the two dogs _____ when the earthquake rocked the city. A. were sleeping B. is sleeping C. was sleeping D. are asle
9. Everyone except Tom and John _____there when the meeting began. A. are B. is C. were D. was
10. That place is not interesting at all, ____of us wants to go there. A. Neither B. Both C. All D. Some 11. Nobody but Jane _____ the secret.
A. know B. knows C. have know D. is 12. —What’s on the plate? some eggs and cakes on it? —There _____some eggs and cakes on it. A. is B. are C. was D. were 13. This pair of glasses ______mine.
A. are B. be C. is D. will be
14. Both Lily and Lucy ______ to the party yesterday. A. invited B. was invited C. had invited D. were invirted 15. —Two months ______quite a long time.
—Yes, I’m afraid that he will miss lots of his lessons. A. is B. are C. was D. were 16. In the city the old _______.
A. take good care of B. are taken good care of C. is taken good care of D. are been taken good care of
17. His family _____all very kind and friendly, His family ______a happy one. A. are,is B. is,is C. are,are D. is,are 18. The singer and the dancer _____come to Beijing. A. has B. have C. are D. is 19. The children in this class each _____new school bag.
A. have B. has C. has got D. are having 20. All but one _____ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were 21. If Bob's wife won't agree to go on holiday in winter, . A.neither he will B. neither won't he C. neither will he D. he won't neither 22. I haven't finished my homeworked yet.
A. so has he B. Neither he has C. He has too D. He hasn't either 23. “I'm going to visit the Lu Gou Bridge tomorrow.” “ .”
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A. I am so B. So am I C. So go I D. So I go 24. You as well as he to blame(责备) for the accident(交通事故). A. are B. is C. have D. has
25. Neither my wife nor I myself able to teach my daughter to sing English songs. A. has been B. is C. are D. am
26. 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
27. As a result of destroying the forests , a large ______ of desert ______ covered the land . A. number ; has B. quantity ; has C. number ; have D. quantity ;have
28. ---Each of the students , working hard at his or her lessons , ______ to go to university. ----So do I.
A. hope B. hopes C.hoping D. to hope
29. Either you or the headmaster ______ the prizes to those gifted students at the meeting. A. is handing out B. are to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out 30. 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 31. A library with five thousand books ______ to the nation as a gift . A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
32. Of the making of good books there is no end ;neither ______ any end to their influence
on man`s lives .
A.there is B. there are C. is there D. are there
33. Bill`s aim is to inform the viewers that cigarette advertising on TV is illegal, _______ ? A. isn`t it B, is it C. isn`t he D. is he
34. It was only with the help of the local guide _________ .
A. was the mountain climber rescued B. that the mountain climber was rescued C. when the mountain climber rescued D. then the mountain climber was rescued
35. I have always been honest and straightforward , and it doesn`t matter ______ I`m talking
to .
A. who is it B. who it is C. it is who D. it is whom
36. Seventy percent of the students here ______ from the countryside. A. is B. are C. comes D. has come 37. Three—fourths of the homework ______ today .
A. has finished B. has been finished C. have finished D.have been finished
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