2011MPA考試輔導英語講義難點精析十七

Unit 2 動詞部分

1. While people may refer to television for up-to-the-minute news, it is unlikely that television ______ the newspaper completely. 
A. replaced B. have replaced C. replace D. will replace

2. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, ______ and perfected now.
A. developed B. have developed
C. are being developed D. will have been developed

3. It’s reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory ______ by about 10%. 
A. will have risen B. has risen C. will be rising D. has been rising

4. Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection ______ to the nation.
A. has left B. is to leave C. leaves D. is to be left

5. Before the first non-stop flight made in 1949, it ______ necessary for all planes to land for refueling. 
A. would be B. has been C. had been D. would have been
6. Until then, his family ______ from him for six months. 
A. didn’t hear  B. hasn’t been hearing
C. hasn’t heard  D. hadn’t heard 

7. The conference ______ a full week by the time it ends. 
A. must have lasted  B. will have lasted 
C. would last  D. has lasted 

8. As ______ announced in today’s papers, the Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays. 
A. being B. is C. to be D. been

9. Great as Newton was, many of his ideas ______ today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time. 
A. are to challenge  B. may be challenged 
C. have been challenged  D. are challenging 

10. It seems oil ______ from this pipe for some time. We’ll have to take the machine apart to put it right. 
A. had leaked  B. is leaking 
C. leaked  D. has been leaking 

11. Once environmental damage ______, it takes many years for the system to recover. 
A. has done B. is to do C. does D. is done

12. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ______. 
A. has been accepted  B. have been accepted 
C. was accepted  D. were accepted 

13. The last half of the nineteenth century _____ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
A. has witnessed  B. was witnessed 
C. witnessed  D. is witnessed 

14. If she doesn’t tell him the truth now, he’ll simply keep on asking her until she _____.
A. does B. has done C. will do D. would do

15. My train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ______ by then. 
A. would leave B. will have left C. has left D. had left
16. A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found on his clothes, ______ from the sort of candles used only in churches. 
A. had come B. coming C. come D. that came

17. She ought to stop work; she has a headache because she ______ too long. 
A. has been reading  B. had read 
C. is reading  D. read 

18. This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ______ comfortably.
A. is worn B. wears C. wearing D. are worn

19. ―“May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?” 
―“I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ______ to a conference long before then.”
A. has gone  B. had gone 
C. would have gone  D. will have gone  

20. By the time he arrives in Beijing, we ______ here for two days. 
A. have stayed B. shall stay
C. have been staying D. will have stayed

21. Jack wishes that he ______ business instead of history when he was in university. 
A. had studied  B. study
C. had been studying D. studied

22. All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week. 
A. been fulfilled B. were fulfilled
C. having been fulfilled  D. had been fulfilled

23. By the time you get to New York, I ______ for London.
A. would be leaving   B. am leaving
C. have already left D. shall have left

24. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ______ them.
   A. discovered         B. will discover       C. would have discovered  D. discovers
 
25. By the end of next year, they ______ three modern hotels there. 
A. will build B. will be building
C. will have been built D. will have built

26. Mr. Jones told me the other day that the Board of Directors _____ to put Peter in charge of the work. 
A. decided            B. has decided
C. have decided           D. had decided

27. John' s score on the test is the highest in the group; he _____ last night. 
A. should have studied     B. must have studied
C. has studied       D. should study

28. He's only got one shirt because all the rest _____ being washed.
A. is to be    B. is    C. will be    D. are

29. He _____ with Smith at least four times in the past three years. 
  A. has been seen to meet    B. was seen to meet
  C. had been seen meeting    D. is seen meeting

30. They fulfilled the plan much earlier than they _____. 
A. have expected    B. are expected
C. were expected    D. had expected