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115. It _____ that the Government would
do something to relieve the
situation.
A) is assumed
B) assumed
C) was assuming
D) was assumed
116. The man who ______ by a snake was given a serum.
A) is bitten
B) has been bitten
C) had been bitten
D) had bitten
117. A cease-fire ______ expected to ______ later this month.
A) was / be declaring
B) is / be declared
C) is / declare
D) has expected / to be declared
118. A great deal of research ______ into the possible causes of cancer.
A) are being done
B) have been done
C) has been done
D) has done
119. She promised that she ______ hospital until she ______ better.
A) would not leave / was
B) wouldn’t leave / would be
C) doesn’t leave / was
D) didn’t leave / was
120. New sources of energy ______ developed. This will become
increasingly important as oil reserves ______ up.
A) is being / are used
B) has been / have been used
C) are being / are used
D) have been / is used
121. The transistor ______ in 1948.
As a result of this, both the size and
the cost of electronic equipment______ greatly reduced.
A) was invented / have been
B) had been invented / has been
C) was invented / have had
D) had invented / will be
122. Radio waves ______ by the ionosphere. This makes it possible ______
short-wave radio signals over great distances.
A) is reflected / to send
B) are reflecting / sent
C) are reflected / sending
D) are reflected / to send
123. Plans to develop cars on methanol are likely ______ in the future.
A) will be realized
B) will have been realized
C) to be realized
D) being realized
124. There is no bread left because we ______ it all.
A) have eaten
B) has been eaten
C) had eaten
D) have been eaten
125. Little ____ she realize that the evening was ____ out very differently.
A) did / turning
B) will /
to turn
C) does / to have turned
D) did / to turn
126. It is highly probable that more and more solar energy ______ in the
future.
A) will be used
B) be used
C) to be used
D) will be using
127. There isn’t any more chalk, it ______ all ______.
A) has / used up
B) was / used up
C) has / been used up
D) had / been used up
128. You can stop looking for his watch. He ______ just ______ it.
A) has / been found
B) has / found
C) had / found
D) will /
have found
129. Don’t ask me what cauliflower tastes like. I ______ eating it.
A) am not trying
B) didn’t try
C) haven’t tried
D) don’t try
130. I bought another concert ticket in case you ____ to come with me.
A) wanted
B) will want
C) have wanted
D) would want
131. We’ll close all the windows in case it ______ while we are out.
A) rains
B) rained
C) will rain
D) rain
132. Take an umbrella with you in case it ______.
A) rained
B) will rain
C) should rain
D) is raining
133. She ought to pass her exams so long as she ______.
A) doesn’t panic
B) won’t panic
C) shouldn’t panic
D) didn’t panic
134. His hopes of making a fortune ______ when his factory burned down.
A) were dashed
B) have dashed
C) was dashed
D) will be dashed
135. When eleven o’clock came and he still ______, I began to wonder if
he ______ an accident.
A) didn’t arrive / had
B) hadn’t arrived / had had
C) won’t arrive / had had
D) didn’t arrive / had had
136. Some patients shout in pain while ______ an injection.
A)
giving
B) being given
C) given
D) have been given
137. For various reasons, clothing of some type ______ by human beings
since the beginning of time.
A) has worn
B) was worn
C) is being worn
D) has been worn
138. Considering the weather is so uncertain, the reception ____ indoors.
A) was held
B) will be held
C)
to be held
D) has held
139. In most non-western countries punishment______ as a deterrent.
A) is not seen
B) hasn’t seen
C) weren’t seen
D) aren’t seen
140. If we compare the mass of hydrogen in a star with the rate at which
energy ______, we can estimate its potential life.
A) is being emitted
B) be emitted
C) was emitted
D) will be emitted
141. It has been predicted that within the next 50 years, scientists ______
a drug to prolong life up to 150 years or more.
A) are producing
B) to be produced
C) will be produced
D) will have produced
142. We ______ at the
Italian restaurant last night, but it was full, so we
ate somewhere else.
A) were eating
B) were going to eat
C) are going to eat
D) had eaten
143. The door ______ unless you ______.
A) won’t open / push
B) doesn’t open / will push
C) won’t open / will push
D) isn’t open / push
144. His parents ______ married for eight years when he was born.
A) have been
B) will be
C) had been
D) were
145. By April 2010, he ______ for this organization for fifteen years.
A) has been working
B) will be working
C) will have been working
D) had been working
146. He ______ from the company for several
years before they found
him out.
A) has been stealing
B) had been stealing
C) was stealing
D) will have been stolen
147. He ______ a cold for the last three days.
A) is fighting off
B) will have fought off
C) has been fighting off
D) was fighting off
148. The Prime Minister refuses to enter into negotiations with the railway
men until they ______ all ______ to work.
A) are / return
B) have / returned
C) had / returned
D) will / have I returned
149. In the years ahead, it seems likely that people ______
even greater
control over nature.
A) to acquire
B) will be acquired
C) will acquire
D) will have been acquired
150. You ______ pleased to hear that your father______ to the committee.
A) have been / selected
B) will be / has been selected
C) are / is selecting
D) have been / was selected
151. Hardly _____ I_____ the phone down when it started ringing again.
A) did / put
B) will have / put
C) did / to have put
D) had / put
152. The day she agreed to marry him was the happiest he ______ ever
______ in his life.
A) has / had
B) had / had
C) will / have
D) would / have
Book 1 Part B
Tenses - Passives (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate)