Question II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. 1. It …… in winter ; now it …… . A. rains/ doesn’t rain B. rains/ isn’t raining C. is raining/ isn’t D. is raining/ doesn’t rain 2. He normally …… quickly but today he …… slowly. A. is speaking/ isn’t speaking B. speaks/ doesn’t speak C. is speaking/ speaks D. speaks/ is speaking 3. …… is easy. A. recycle B. recycling C. to recycle D. recycles 4. This is the first time I …… his mother. A. meet B. am meeting C. have met D. met 5. The doctor …… a red car lives near my house. A. to drive B. driving C. drove D. driven 6. Would you mind if I …… a photo? A. take B. took C. taking D. to take 7. Yesterday I ................ a new bike because my old one ................ stolen. A. bought / was B. bought / were C. buy / were D. bought / is 8. They spent a lot of time ................ about what they would do if they had a lot of money. A. talk B. talked C. to talk D. talking 9. I do not think that purple shirt ................ with your yellow skirt. A. suits B. fits C. goes D. wears 10. I didn’t come to the party because I ................ A. don't invite B. am not invited C. was not invited D. didn't invite 11. Jane asked me ................ Bill Gate. A. If I knew B. I knew C. whether I know D. If I know 12. Only one of ................ girls prefers ................ classical music to popular music. A.the/X B.X/X C.the/the D.the/a 13. My family and I are looking forward ................ you. A. to seeing B. of seeing C. to see D. for seeing 14. Staying in a hotel costs ................ renting a room in a dormitory. A. twice more than B. twice as much as C. as much twice as D. as much as twice 15. I never eat ................ cheese. I don't like it! A. a B. X C. some D. the