We won’t start the work until all the preparations __________.
| A．are being made | B．will be made | C．have been made | D．had been made |
She ______ someone, so I nodded to her and went away.
| A．phoned | B．had phoned | C．was phoning | D．has phoned |
—Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?
—No，I ________my homework all day yesterday.
| A．was doing | B．would do |
| C．had done | D．do |
I'm tired out.I ________ all afternoon and I don't seem to have finished anything.
| A．shopped | B．have shopped |
| C．had shopped | D．have been shopping |
Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ________ since her marriage to
Father.
| A．shoulders | B．shouldered |
| C．is shouldering | D．has been shouldering |
They could have attended the awarding ceremony，but their flight due to the bad weather．
| A．was delayed | B．had been delayed |
| C．has delayed | D．was delaying |
—My dear, you ______ things about. Look, what a mess in the room!
—Sorry, Mom.
| A．have always thrown | B．always throw |
| C．are always throwing | D．always threw |
Over the past decades, the population in this country because of the rising birth rate, immigration and the declining death rate.
| A．has been increasing | B．have been increasing |
| C．had increased | D．have increased |
Investment by Chinese companies in the US _____ rapidly in recent years.
| A．was growing | B．has been growing |
| C．had grown | D．will be growing |
Medicine and food ________ to the flood areas soon.
| A．send | B．was sent |
| C．will send | D．will be sent |