1. – Where is the morning paper

– I ________ it for you at once.

A. get

B. am getting

C. to get

D. will get

2. ________ a concert next Saturday?

A. There will be

B. Will there be

C. There can be

D. There are

3. If they come, we ________ a meeting.

A. have

B. will have

C. had

D. would have

4. The famous writer _____ one new book in the past two year .

A. iswriting

B.waswriting

C. wrote

D.haswritten

5. —Our country ______ a lot so far .

—Yes . I hope it will be even ______ .

A. has changed; well

B.changed; good

C. has changed ; better

D.changed; better

6. Zhao Lan ______already______in this school for two years .

A.was;studying

B.will ; study

C. has ; studied

D. are ; studying

7. ------Two months _______ quite a long time.

------Yes. I’m afraid that he will miss a lot of lessons.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

8. The old man has two children but _____ of them lives with him.

A. both

B. none

C. neither

D. all

9. Our knowledge of computer _____ growing all the time.

A. be

B. is

C. are

D. were

10. Everyone except Tom and John _____ there when the meeting began.

A. is

B. was

C. are

D. were

11. Most of the houses _______ this year.

A. has built

B. have built

C. has been built

D. have been built

12. I think maths_____ very difficult to learn.

A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

13. A large number of students _____ to work in Xingjiang.

A. have gone

B. has gone

C. goes

D. is going

14. The number of the students in the class ______ small.

A. are

B. is

C. have

D. were

15. There _____ a lot of good news in today’s newspaper.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

16. How time flies! Ten years ________ passed.

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

17 .Not only his parents but also his brother ________ to the Summer Palace. They haven’t been back.

A. have been

B. have gone

C. has been

D. has gone

18 .Neither my father _____going to see the patient.

A. nor I am

B. nor I are

C. or me are

D. or me is

19. Look! There _______ playing with the tourists on Yinhe Square.

A. are a number of deer

B. are a number of deers

C. is a number of deer

D. is a number of deers

6. Mother ________ me a nice present on my next birthday.

A. will gives

B. will give

C. gives

D. give

20. – Shall I buy a cup of tea for you? –________.

A. No, you won’t

B. No, you aren’t.

C. No, please don’t

D. Yes, please.