— I hate talking with that guy. Look, he is coming. What should I do?

    — Don’t speak until ____.

A. speaking   B. spoken to     C. spoken    D. speaking to

—  Hello, may I have an appointment with the doctor?

    — ____  

    A. Sorry, he is busy at the moment.

    B. Why didn’t you call earlier?

    C. Certainly. May I know your name?

    D. Sorry, he doesn’t want to see you.

— Remember the first time we met, Jim?

   — Of course I do. You ＿＿ in the library.

A. were reading   B. had read       C. have read    D. read

John and I＿＿friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas   party. But we＿＿ each other a couple of times before that.

A. had been； have met    B. have been； have met

C. had been； had met     D. have been； had met

I _____ a novel written by Ernest Heming –ways last night, and another night I’ll finish it.

A. read     B. have read        C. had read      D. was reading

Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea, which ______ the Pacific, and we met no storms.

A. was called        B. is called       C. had been called        D. has been called

More than a dozen students in that school ______ abroad to study medicine last year.

A. sent        B. were sent       C. had sent       D. had been sent

Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ______ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.    

A. begin       B. began       C. have begun       D. had begun

The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.

A. had known       B. knew       C. have known       D. know

Hundreds of jobs ______ if the factory closes.

A. lose        B. will be lost     C. are lost        D. will lose