I- Choose the best answer: 1. I can't reach the phone because I _____ a bath. A. am having B. have C. was having D. be having 2. Don't turn off the light. I _____ a report now. A. read B. is reading C. am reading D. be reading 3. He _____ his house at seven a.m each day. A. left B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving 4. When she _____, I was reading upstairs. A. was coming B. is coming C. came D. comes 5. My mother is cooking now. She always _____ dinner for my family. A. cooks B. cooked C. cooking D. is cooking 6. I _____ in England for a few weeks now. A. has been staying B. am staying C. have been staying D. stay 7. It _____ hard all day last Sunday. A. rained B. was raining C. has rained D. has been raining 8. If he knew the facts, he _____ us what to do. A. told B. will tell C. would tell D. tells 9. Let's hurry up! We must finish _____ the wall before ten o'clock this morning. A. to paint B. painting C. paint D. painted 10. If you _____ work hard, you'll fail the exam. A. not work B. don't work C. won't work D. work 11.I must say that my great passion in my life is _____. A. studied B. to studying C. studying D. studies 12. He'd rather _____ books _____ watch TV. A. read/ than B. read/ to C. reading/ to D. reading/ than 13. Would you mind _____ me to take these chairs away. A. help B. to help C. helped D. helping 14. Mr. Kent has been out of _____ for a year. A. a work B. the work C. work D. works 15. I am sorry I can't help you now. I'm busy _____ my lesson. A. to B. X C. with D. for 16. She is very _____ up with doing the same thing everyday. A. bored B. tied C. hate D. fed 17. she doesn't enjoy looking _____ the children. A. for B. in C. after D. at 18. The long walk is tiring. We are very_____of the long walk A. bored B. fed C. tired D. hated 19. His friends are surprised _____ his success. A. in B. with C. at D. for 20. He was born _____ 2nd May 1987. A. in B. on C. at D. since 21. She has been teaching _____ school for ten years. A. at B. in C. on D. with 22. My father has been working in a bank _____ we moved here. A. for B. during C. since D. in 23. I stopped in Maid Stone _____ my sister owns a shop. A. which B. who C. where D. that 24. Several guests _____ cars were parked outside were questioned by the police. A. who B. which C. that D. whose 25. Picasso, _____ works inspired many artists, lived until he was a ripe old age. A. who B. that C. whose D. which 26. He _____ to stop drinking by the doctor. A. was advised B. advised C. is advised D. be advised 27. A lot of new machines _____ by the farm. A. was bought B. has been bought C. have been bought D. have bought 28. The price of wheat exports _____ by the government. A. is increasing B. are increased C. will be increased D. have been increased 29. We _____ by her because she doesn't feel well. A. can't help B. can't be helping C. can't are helped D. can't be helped 30. His success is _____. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly 31. We should _____ this road for better use. A. wide B. to widen C. width D. widen 32. He finally _____ in finding a new job. A. success B. succeeded C. successful D. successive 33. There is a _____ between the North and the South. A. different B. differ C. differently D. difference 34. The North can be characterized as _____, cooler, hillier. A. more industry B. industrial C. more industrial D. more industrially 35. People in the North say they work much _____ and speak more directly and honestly. A. more hard B. more hardly C. more harder D. harder 36. This park is very _____ to visitors. A. attract B. attraction C. attractive D. attracted 37. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of _____ people who have escaped for while from the noise and bustle of the town. A. luck B. unlucky C. lucky D. luckily 38. In the world today, there are 5000 to 6000 living languages, of which English is by far the _____ used. A. widely B. most widely C. most wide D. widest 39. He went to work as a driver on the Italian front where he was _____ wounded. A. bad B. badly C. worse D. badder 40. I liked the T- shirt _____ he was wearing. A. what B. which C. who D. whose