1. I’d rather you _______ anything about it for the first time being.

A. do                           B. won’t do                  C. didn’t do                    D. hadn’t do

2. It is high time you______.

A. start to work            B. started working         C. would start to work    D. had started to work

3. I wish that I ______ the concert last night.

A. could attend              B. could have attended   C. to attend                    D. attended

4. If only the parcel _____ there in time.

A. arrives                     B. arrived                     C. had arrived                 D. has arrived

5. They had hoped that she ____ out about it.

A. would not find          B. not find                    C. should not find           D. won’t find

6. Professor Lookwood recommended that Juan ___ in chemistry.

A. not major                 B. wouldn’t major         C. not to major               D. isn’t majoring

7. It was essential that the application forms _____ back before the deadline.

A. must be sent             B. would be sent           C. be sent                       D. were sent

8. What do you think of his proposal that improvements ______ in the old type of vacuum cleaner?

A. be made                   B. would be made          C. will be made               D. will have to be made

9. ______ no electronic computer, there would have been no artificial satellites or rockets.

A. Had there been         B. If there were             C. Should there be           D. If there are

10. He has just arrived, but he talks as if he ______ about that.

A. will know                 B. knows                      C. knew                         D. have known

11. Nothing could live _______ air and water.

A. but                          B. but for                     C. except                       D. except for

12. I am punishing the child ______ he should make the same mistake.

A. unless                      B. lest                          C. except                       D. as

13. Mrs. Smith locked both the front and the back doors before she went to bed ______ that someone might steal into the house at night.

A. so                            B. for fear                    C. lest                            D. unless

14. The doctor insisted that he ______ meat.

A. should not eat          B. eat not                      C. would not eat             D. eat no

15. Your advice that she ________ till next week is reasonable.

A. should wait               B. waited                      C. may wait                    D. must wait

16. If the rumor _______ true, everything is possible.

A. is                             B. be                            C. were                          D. was

17. Whatever he _________, he must be found.

A. is                             B. may be                     C. go                             D. went

18. I wish Tessa ______ here now.

A. was                         B. were                        C. be                             C. will be

19. If only he ______ there in time

A. would get                 B. gets                         C. should get                  D. get

20. He walks as if he ______ drunk.

A. were                        B. was                         C. is                              D. be

21. It’s high time that he ______ in trouble.

A. is                             B. were                        C. should be                   D. may be

22. We ______ not lend me your thermos (热水瓶).

A. would                     B. could                       C. should                       D. shall

23. Whether I go alone, or whether he _______ with me, the result will be the same.

A. go                           B. goes                         C. should go                   D. would go

24. ______ I not to write the thesis, I should have time for the tour.

A. Was                         B. Were                        C. Should                       D. Had

25. ______ the fog, we should have reached our destination.

A. Because of               B. In spite of                 C. In case of                  D. But for

26. He _______ a happier life if he were living alone.

A. would have lived       B. lived                         C. could live                   D. can live

27. We often hear old people wishing they ______ young again.

A. are                          B. were                        C. had been                   D. will be

28. I suggested that the meeting ______ at the manager’s office.

A. hold                         B. be held                     C. is held                        D. is to be held

29. I wish I ______ to the movie with you last night.

A. went                        B. could go                   C. can have gone            D. could have gone

30. I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ________ there.

A. had been                  B. were                       C. would be                   D. would have been

31. If the policemen had arrived a little earlier, they ________ the accident.

A. saw                         B. could see                  B. had seen                    D. would have seen

32. Experiments demand that accurate measurements __________.

A. be made                   B. is made                    C. were to make             D. should make

33. If I ______ in your place, I wouldn’t trouble him.

A. were                        B. had been                   C. could be                     D. was to be

34. It is imperative that the students _______ writing their papers before July 1^st.

A. finish                       B. must finish               C. are to finish                D. will finish

35. If you had spoken more clearly you __________.

A. understood               B. would understand      C. would have understood      D. would have been understood