43. He _____ 2 weeks on this research proposal by this weekend; it usually takes him one month to finish one A. was spending B. will have spent C. had spent D. will have been spending 44. They _____ tennis for 6 hours by 8 o’clock A. will play B. will have played C. had been playing D. will be playing 45. The workers on strike _____ for twenty-four hours by 7 pm tomorrow A. will be eating B. won’t have eaten C. were eating D. will eat 46. It _____ the whole evening but Ann still went out for a run A. rains B. didn’t rain C. was raining D. is raining 47. Jack and Laura ____ married for 25 years by that time but they still decided to get divorced A. have been B. had been C. were D. will be 48. The train was delayed because the rail workers ____ on strike A. are going B. will be C. will go D. had gone 49. What _____ between 6 p.m and 11 p.m the day before? A. have you been doing B. did you do C. had you been doing D. were you doing 50. It is blowing so hard. We _____ such a terrible storm A. have never known B. have never been knowing C. never know D. had never known 51. They ____ the bridge by the time you come back A. will finish B. will have finished C. will be finished D. have finished 52. Kate ____ 10 comedies this summer A. has watched B. had watched C. will have watched D. watched 53. Don’t worry! We ____ for you at 6 o’clock tomorrow A. will be waiting B. are waiting C. wait D. will have been waiting 54. My brother has been working in Laos for the last 2 years so by the time he returns the month after next, I _____ him for 24 months A. won’t see B. haven’t seen C. don’t see D. won’t have seen 55. I _____ him since last Monday, but I believe he ______ an essay on Hamlet at present A. didn’t see/ was writing B. haven’t seen/ is writing C. don’t see/ write D. won’t have seen/ is writing 24. They ______ back recently A. haven’t come B. come C. came D. hadn’t come 25. He _____ in the garden at 6 p.m yesterday A. played B. was playing C. play D. is playing 26. When I arrived at the station. Anne _____ so I didn’t meet him A. has just left B. had just left C. left D. was leaving 27. He _____ the gun when it suddenly went off and killed him A. cleaned B. was cleaning C. cleans D. is cleaning 28. He _____ three houses by the time I came back A. will have built B. had been built C. has been building D. had built