17. The painting     to someone who later donated it to a college.

A. had sold       B.  was sold

C. will sell      D. is sold

16. If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it    all day.

A. rained       B. rains

C. has rained     D.  is raining

15. I      English quite well, but I haven't had time to practise since the new year.

A. will speak    B have spoken

C. spoke      D. speak

5.  (节曰里）整个国度被樱花覆盖，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。

14. ―I wonder what makes you a successful manager.

―I    as a waiter for five years, which contributes a lot to my today's work.

A. serve         B. have served

C. had served      D. served

13. ―Why do you look so upset?

―The electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay    unfinished since.

A. was left      B. has left

C. left         D. has been left

12. —How is your sister?

―She     quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse today.

A. felt       B. feels

C. had felt    D.  has been feeling

11. Since the recent river pollution in Shanxi Province, people    more  and more attention to the water quality.

A. pay         B.  are paying

C. have paid    D.  have been paying

4.  救援小组正努力到达很难找到食物和饮用水的重灾区。

The rescue groups are trying to reach the hardest-hit areas where food and drinkable water are____________.(主语+ be动词+to do)

3.  在大部分西方国家，在愚人节这一天，人们经常相互捉弄，尤其是孩子们玩得非常开心。

In most Western countries, on April Fool's Day,people often______________ each other; children especially______________ . (play a trick/tricks on;have fun)