Exercise 1Directions: Choose the answer that best completes each of the following sentences.1. -- I wish that your sister _______ to visit me. A-- Well, I’ll tell her when I see her.A．would come B．will come C．come D．came2. If the sun _______ on the earth there would be no trees. AA. did not shineB. would not shineC. had not shoneD. not shine3. Such mistakes _______ If we had been more careful. BA. could have avoidedB. could have been avoidedC. could avoidD. could be avoided4. If you had taken my advice you _______ much better now. CA. would have beenB. would beenC. would beD. will have been5. The United Nations urged that he _______ his troops. AA. withdrawB. withdrewC. would withdrawD. will withdraw6. They recommended that we _______ these steps. AA. should takeB. tookC. takesD. would take7. I move that the money _______ for library books. BA. will be usedB. be usedC. should useD. has to be used8. It was urgent that she _______ at once. BA. leftB. leaveC. would leaveD. should have left9. It is important that you _______ this question. AA. rememberB. will rememberC. would rememberD. should have remembered10. It was recommended that we _______ for further instructions. DA. had waitedB. have waitedC. could waitD. should wait11. It has been decided that we _______ the machine by ourselves. AA. should designB. will designC. have to designD. designed12. He looked as if he _______ by lightning. CA. has been hitB. should hitC. had been hitD. was hit13. If I were a millionaire, I _______ the car on display two years ago. DA. would buyB. had boughtC. boughtD. would have bought14. _______your mind, no one would blame you. CA. If you changeB. If you have changedC. Should you changeD. If you had changed15. _______ electricity, there would be no modern industry. AA. WithoutB. If there was noC. But withD. For no16. It is astonishing that a person of your intelligence _________ so easily. DA．take in B．is taken inC．should take in D．should be taken in17. Matthew Arnold had to write novels to make his living, but he would rather _______ only poetry. BA．wrote B．have written C．to write D．write18. I’d rather you ___________ anything about it for the time being. DA．do B．didn’t do C．don’t do D．haven’t done 19. It is highly desirable that a new president __________ for this college. BA．appoints B．be appointed C．is appointed D．appointed20. We must stop now. It is time we ___________ home. CA．have gone B．are going C．were going D．will go 21. I’d just as soon you _______ watch television on week nights. AA．didn’t B．will not C．do not D．would not22. -- Joe and I are going to Vermont this week.-- If _________ my job, I’d come with you. DA．there weren’t B．there weren’t forC．it weren’t D．it weren’t for23. _____________ I had read the books on the reading list before I attended the lecture. DA．If B．What if C．Otherwise D．If only24. But for Yao Ming, the team __________ the match last week. AA．had lost B．lost C．have lost D．would have lost 25. It is vital that you __________ our competitors to know our plans. CA．do not permit B．will not permitC．not permit D．have not permitted26. If a better material had been used, the efficiency of the machine _________ much increased. AA．would have been B．has been C．had been D．will be 27. Congress has decided that the present law ___________ . CA．maintain B．maintains C．be maintained D．would be maintain28. It looks like rain. I insist ________ an umbrella. AA．that Mary take B．that Mary takesC．that Mary taking D．Mary taking29. Your examination results were quite satisfactory, but ____ if you had spent less time in playing football? AA．wouldn’t they have been better B．wouldn’t they be betterC．won’t they be better D．won’t they have been better30. Supposing the weather _________ bad, where would you go? CA．is B．will be C．were D．be31. __________ in his position, I would have picked up the telephone and answered it. AA．Were I B．Was I C．Had I been D．Had I have been 32. _________ you w ere coming today, I’d have met you at the airport. CA．Have I known B．I have knownC．Had I known D．I had known33. -- How is your old granny going to the station?-- If I had a car I _______ her there. BA．could drive B．would have driven C．had driven D．drove34. The professor suggested that his students _________ experiences with a foreign culture. AA．write compositions on their B．to write compositions on theirC．wrote compositions on their D．having written compositions on their35. If you had not helped them, they _______ in London. AA．would still be B．will still beC．would have still gone D．will have still gone36. If South America had not been colonized by Spain, Spanish ________ there now. DA．will not be spoken B．is not spokenC．would not have been spoken D．would not be spoken37. In the absence of the distraction of TV, they _________ around together and talk to one another. DA．might sit B．may sit C．should sit D．ought to sit38. If you tell her all about it, she will look as if she ________ of such a thing before. CA．never heard B．would never hearC．had never heard D．would have never heard39. If everyone _________ a little more exercise, then we could save more life years. DA．takes B．was taking C．were to take D．had taken A．would get B．got C．would have got D．had got 40. If only we __________ a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box. BA．had had B．had C．have D．would have had Exercise 2Directions: Fill in each of the blanks with the proper form of the verbs given in the bracket.1. It is advisable that everyone have___ (have) a map.2. -- What will you do during summer vacation?-- I don’t know, but it’s about time I __decide____ (decide) something.3. I’d just as soon you_ didn’t like___ (not like) those important papers with you.4. It is strange that the car ____break______ (break) down in exactly the same place where it broke_____ (break) down yesterday.5. I think it is urgent that the college ___request_______ (request) the Court of Senior to consider this case without delay.6. If they __had arrived_____ (arrive) ten minutes earlier, they would have been able to hear the whole lecture. That means:7. Would you advise me where I __spend_______ (spend) my holidays this summer?8. A lighted sign commanded that seat belts ____be fastened________ (fasten).9. If his passport had been all right, he __would not be arrested________ ( not arrest).10. He proposed that Peter ____go_______(go) into hospital at once.11. Care must be taken in using this method lest overflow ____occur______(occur).12. We suggest that he ___make______ (make) another try.13. I move that the money __be used___ (use) for library books.14. His request is that another session ____be held____ (hold) to discuss the problem.15. If I ____had worked_______ (work) as many hours as they do, I would be exhausted.。