Exercises

　　1. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ______ to investigate the incident.

　　A)was set up B) were set up

　　C) set up D) be set up

　　2. Things might have been much worse if the mother ______ on right to keep the baby.

　　A) had insisted B) has been insisting

　　C) insisted D) would insist

　　D) A)

　　3. Jack wishes that he ______ business instead of history when he was in university.

　　had studied B) study

　　C) studied D) had been studying

　　4. The article suggests that when a person ______ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.

　　be B) was

　　C) is D) were

　　A) C)

　　5. If you ______ in a spaceship high above the earth, where there is no air to scatter the sunlight, you would find the sky pitch-black. (2005/10)

　　A.riding B.rode

　　C.will ride D.would ride

　　6. The workers on the construction site downed tools, demanding that they ______ medical care and social security insurance. (2005/4)

　　A. provide for B. provided with

　　C. should provide with D. be provided with

　　B D

　　7. “The market isn't open tonight. ”

　　“If I had known, I ______ to drive over here. ” (2005/4)

　　A. wouldn't bother

　　B. wouldn't have bothered

　　C. didn't bother

　　D. shouldn't have bothered

　　8.If you don’t hurry up, the train _______by the time we get to the station. (2004/4)

　　A. has left B. will have left

　　C. will leave D. would have left

　　B B

　　9. The little girl ________ into the lake but her father caught her. (2003/4)

　　would have fallen

　　should have fallen

　　C. had probably fallen

　　D. has fallen

　　10. The platform would collapse if all of you _______on it. (2002/10)

　　stand B. stood

　　C. would stand D. had stood

　　A B

　　11. I suggest that each of you_______ a plan for the overall revision. (2002/10)

　　make B. makes

　　C. would make D. made

　　12.To be frank ,I'd rather you ______ anything about it for the time being. (2002/4)

　　A. do B. don't do

　　C. did D. didn't do