.All hope of finding the missing plane ______, the relevant authorities declared the crew and passengers ______.
| A.giving up; were killed | B.giving up; killed | C.given up; killed | D.given up; killing |
.Despite UNICEF’s efforts, dirty water ______ for disease spreading in southern Iraq at the very moment.
| A.is to be blamed | B.is being blamed | C.has been blamed | D.was blamed |
.The moment I arrived there, I found all the food supplies had ______.
| A.used up | B.ran out of | C.given out | D.given away |
—I ______ for you for two hours, but in vain. Where did you go?
—I ______ at my uncle’s.
| A.had looked; may have stayed | B.looked; must have stayed |
| C.have looked; may be staying | D.looked; must be staying |
.—Can you give some advice on what I said just now? ?
—Sorry. My mind______.?
| A.is wandering | B.was wandering? | C.has wandered | D.had wandered |
I demanded that he _____ English to help him improve it gradually.
| A.practise reading | B.practised reading | C.could practise reading | D.would practise reading |
. --- How about the food I ordered? I __________ for 20 minutes.
--- Sorry, sir. I will be back with your order in a minute.
| A.have waited | B.have been waiting | C.will have waited | D.was waiting |
Believe it or not, the Great Wall, which _______ by people, should be protected at once.
| A.has been destroyed | B.is destroyed | C.was destroyed | D.is being destroyed |
Not until then did I find it _________to do the job that way.
| A.is easier | B.easier | C.was more easily | D.more easily |
– You ought to see a doctor about that cough.
-- I guess I should. I _____ it off for days.
| A.put | B.was putting | C.have been putting | D.am putting |