Exercise 7.1
1. The recent statistics on marriage ______ a strong response on public.
A. is evoking B. are evoking
C. evoked D. Evoke
2. Two dimes and a penny ______ all the coins john had with him.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
3. More than one hundred volunteers ______ hurried to the scene to donate their blood.
A. have B. has
C. having D. had
4. She was crazy about swimming, half of her spare time ______ spent in the swimming pool.
A. are B. is
C. was D. were
5. That species of birds ______ small, timid and rare.
A. are B. is
C. being D. been
6. A wide variety of pictures ______ being displayed at the Beijing Art Galley.
A. are B. Is
C. was D. were
7. The iron and steel industry ______ the backbone of socialist construction.
A. is being B. was being
C. is D. are
8. About two thirds of the world ______ inhabited by people who are severely under nourished.
A. is B. are
C. had been D. have been
9. All but one of the graduate assistants ______ the results of the experiment.
A. understands
B. understand
C. had been understood
D. has understood
10. No boy and no girl under the age of thirteen ______ permitted to see the film.
A. been B. being
C. are D. is
11. More than 50% of the machine tools on display ______ of our own manufacture.
A. are B. is
C. had been D. was
12. On the winding path ______ to be found footprints of some strange animals.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
13. Many a member of the armed forces ______ given his life for our country.
A. had B. have
C. has D. had had
14. There ______ to be several reasons for changing their plans.
A. appears B. appear
C. appearing D. appeared
15. All trade between the two countries ______ suspended pending negotiation of a new agreement.
A. are B. is
C. were D. was
16. Ham and eggs ______ a hearty break fast for a growing boy.
A. make B. makes
C. make D. are making
17. The majority of the TOFEL ______ difficult.
A. is B. are
C. was D. had been
18. The audience ______ told ______ shouldn’t applaud until all the speeches had been given.
A. was… they B. were… it
C. was… it D. were… they
19. Neither Jane nor Mary told Tom and me that ______ wanted to visit us this summer.
A. I B. he
C. they D. she
20. Both my wife and my son asked me to make ______ bacon and eggs for breakfast.
A. himself B. her
C. them D. themselves
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