Exercise 2 (NC): Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. This region ____ as the costliest place to do business. | ||||
A. often is referred to | B. is often referred to | |||
C. is referred often to | D. has often referred
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2. The escaped prisoner is believed ________ on island. | ||||
A. being lived | B. to be living | |||
C. having lived | D. that living | |||
3. Everybody invited to their party was _____ | ||||
A. colorful dressed | B. colorfully dressing | |||
C. colorful dressing | D. colorfully dressed | |||
4. Did you paint it yourself or did you _______ it painted? | ||||
A. make | B. do | C. get | D. ask | |
5. Americans ____ to point at other people. | ||||
A. consider it rude | B. are considered it rude | |||
C. are considering rude | D. are considered rude | |||
6. All things _____, Professor Hawk is the best instructor I’ve ever had. | ||||
A. considered | B. to consider | C. considering | D. considerable | |
7. ____ aobut the good news. Sarah seemed to be indifferent. | ||||
A. In spite of exciting | B. In addition to exciting | |||
C. Because of being excited | D. In stead of being excited. | |||
8. It all _______ very quickly. I couldn’t even see the attacker’s face. | ||||
A. happens | B. happened | |||
C. was happened | D. had been happened | |||
9. Caroline_______ Spanish from a book. | ||||
A. teach | B. taught herself | |||
C. have been taught | D. was taught herself | |||
10. It’s two months since I _____ my hair cut. | ||||
A. had | B. have had | C. have | D. had had | |
11. A bridge should _______ here long ago. | ||||
A. have built | B. be built | |||
C. have been built | D. have been building | |||
12. This is a serious problem. I don’t know how _________. | ||||
A. can it solve | B. can it be solved | |||
C. it can solve | D. it can be solved | |||
13. My wallet has ________. It must ________. | ||||
A. disappeared/ be stolen | B. been disappeared/ be stolen | |||
C. been disappearing/ stolen | D. disappeared/ have been stolen | |||
14. “How old is this stone bridge?” “It ______ over 200 years old.” | ||||
A. believes to be | B. is believed to being | |||
C. is believed to be | D. was believed to being | |||
15. After _______, the man was taken to the police station. | ||||
A. being arrested | B. arresting | |||
C. was arrested | D. having arrested | |||
16. Twelve people are reported _____in an explosion at a supermarket yesterday. | ||||
A. to be injured | B. to have been injured | |||
C. to being injured | D. to having been injured | |||
17. The train _____ arrive at 9.30, but it was an hour late. | ||||
A. was supposed to | B. supposed to | |||
C. is supposed to | D. was supposing to | |||
18. Only later ____________. | ||||
A. were the facts all made public | B. did the facts all made public | |||
C. the facts were all made public | D. the facts all made public | |||
19. We hope to have the law __________ by December. | ||||
A. pass | B. to pass | C. passing | D. passed | |
