13. If the horse
won today, it___ thirty races in
five years.
A. would have won
B. won C.
must have won D.
did have won
14. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ___a
sudden loud noise.
A. being there B.
should there be C. there
was D. there having
been
15. The board deemed it urgent that these files___ right away.
A. had to be printed B. should
have been printed
C. must be printed
D. should be printed
16. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American
poetry is his insistence that it___ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame
of reference.
A. is to be analyzed
B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed
D. should have been analyzed
17. I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible,
but I ____
fully occupied the whole of last week.
A. were B. had been C. have been D. was
18. 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
19. If you hadn’t taken such a long time to get dressed, we’d___ there by now.
A. be B.
circles C. is
circling D. be
circling
20. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems as if the sun
__round the earth.
A. were circling
B. circles
C. is circling
D. be circling
21. I wish that I ______ with you last night.
A. went B. have
gone C. could
go D. could have
gone
22. I wish I___ with her.
A. would be B.
am C. was D. were
23. I wish that I___ the concert last night.
A. could B. have
attended C. could
have attended D.
attended
24. The picture exhibition bored me to death. I wish I___ to it.
A. had not gone
B. have not gone
C. did not go
D. can not have gone
25. “I wish you___ me to put these things away,” he said.
A. will help B. help C. are helping D. would help
26. If the Watergate Incident___ Nixon would not have resigned from the
presidency.
A. did not occur
B. had not occurred C. was not
occurring D. be
circling
27. I hadn’t expected James to apologize but I had hoped___.
A. him calling me B. that he would
call me C. him to call
me D. that he call me
28. George would certainly have attended the proceedings___.
A. if he didn’t get a flat tire
B. if the flat tire hadn’t happened
C. had he not had a flat tire
D. had the tire not flattened itself
29. The teacher suggested that her students___ experiences with ESP.
A. write a composition on their
B. to write composition about the
C. wrote some compositions of his or her D. had written any
compositions for his
30. He speaks Chinese as fluently as if he ______a Chinese.
A. were B. had
been C. is D. has been
31. As usual, he put on a show as though his trip___ a great success.
A. had been B.
has been
C. were D.
was
32. Looking round the town, he felt as though he___ away for ages.
A. has been B.
was C. is D. had been
33. John is so strongly built that he looks as if he___ as elephant.
A. lifts B. is
lifting C. lifted D. could lift
34. He described the town as if he___ it himself.
A. had seen B.
has seen C.
saw D. sees
35. At that thought he shook himself, as though he___ from an evil dream.
A. woke B.
wakes C. would
wake D. had woke
36. Most insurance agents would rather you___ anything about collecting claims
until they investigate the situation.
A. do B.
don’t C.
didn’t D. didn’t
do
37. Although most adopted persons want the right to know who their natural
parents are, some who have found them wish that they___ the experience of
meeting.
A. hadn’t B.
didn’t have had
C. hadn’t had
D. hadn’t have
38. It is important that the TOEFL office___ your registration.
A. will confirm
B. confirm C.
confirms
D. must confirm
39. Without electronic computers, much of today’s advanced technology___.
A. will not have been achieved B. have not been
achieved
C. would not have been achieved D. had not been
achieved
40. He told her to return the book in time so that others___ a chance to read
it .
A. may have B.
will have
C. would have
D. might have
41. It is time that the government___ measures to protect the rare birds and
animals.
A. takes B.
took C. has
taken D. taking
42. Some people are too particular about school records, insisting that every
applicant ______all diplomas from elementary school to university.
A. has B. will
have C. should
have D. must have
43. He was very busy yesterday, otherwise he___ to the meeting.
A. would come B.
came
C. would have come D. had come
44. I must say he reads very well, and I shouldn’t be surprised if he___ acting
for a living one day.
A. had taken up
B. takes up
C. have taken up
D. would have taken up
45. If I had seen the movie, I___ you all about it now.
A. would tell B.
will tell C. have
told D. would
have told
46.
47. I had hoped that John ___a year in Africa, but he stayed there only for
three months.
A. spends B. spent C. would spend D. will spend
48. I had hoped that Jennifer___ a doctor, but she wasn’t good enough at
science.
A. will become B.
became C. would
become D. becomes
49. I’d rather you___ anything about it for the time being.
A. do B. didn’t
do C. don’t D. didn’t
50. I’d just as soon_______ rudely to her.
A. that you won’t speak
B. you not speaking
C. you not speak
D. you didn’t speak
51. It’s high time they___ this road.
A. mend B. mended C. must have
mended D. will
mend
52. It’s about time people______ notice of what women did during the war.
A. take B.
took C. have
taken D. will
take
53. Everybody has arrived. It’s time we___ the class.
A. shall start B.
would start C.
had started D.
start
54. ___ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of B. But
for C. Because
of D. As for
55. Mary___ my letter; otherwise she would have replied before now.
A. has received B.
ought to have received
C. couldn’t have received D.
shouldn’t have received
56. John did not feel well yesterday; otherwise he _______to see his classmates
off.
A. came B. would come C. would have come D. should be coming
57. He’s working hard for fear that he___
.
A. should fall behind
B. fell behind
C. may fall behind
D. would fall behind
58. Without the dreams of the youth, this invention might___ for a century.
A. have been postponed
B. has been postponed
C. postpone
D. be postponed
59. In the past men generally preferred that their wives______ in the home.
A. worked B.
would work C.
work D. were
working
60. For a child to give up his less mature idea for a more mature one, it
requires that the child___ psychologically ready for the new idea.
A. is
B. were C.
be D. would be
61.Tom’s father, as well as his mother, ___ in New York for a few days more.
A. ask him to stay B. ask he to stay C. asks he stays D. asks he stay
62. Your advice that______ till next week is reasonable.
A. she waits B.
she wait C. wait
she D. she waited
63.