11. The stay in Geneva was quite useful, although the course in Swiss law that I chose turned out to be a disappointment. I’d rather ___________ statistics, which my girlfriend said was very good.
A. took B. had taken C. have taken D. take
12. The driver _________ to read a newspaper while he ___________ for the lights to change.
A. had started – waited B. has started – has been waiting
C. was starting – has waited D. started – was waiting
13. As regards the problem of noise, my suggestion is that we should return to it at our next meeting. By this time each of us ___________ all the reports concerning it, which should make our discussion more rational.
A. will have read B. has read C. ought to have read D. will read
14. I hope the committee will respect its own regulations which are quite clear on this point: no applications should be accepted after the list signed by the chairman ________ published.
A. will be B. was C. has been D. will have been
15. It didn’t rain in the spring. I think we __________ water next summer.
A. will run out of B. are going to run out of
C. have run out of D. run out of
16. I’m a lucky person. I _________ in the sun at this time next week.
A. will lie B. am going to lie
C. will be lying D. will have been lying
17. The new cook ___________ the soup at the moment.
A. tastes B. has tasted C. has been tasting D. is tasting
18. The video ___________ since 8 a.m. I wish somebody would turn it off.
A. has played B. is playing
C. has been playing D. had been playing
19. When Jane __________ the plane, she’ll wait for her luggage.
A. will leave B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving
20. We’ve never seen our history teacher so angry; he looks as if he ___________!
A. explodes B. is exploding C. is going to explode D. was exploding
11. The stay in Geneva was quite useful, although the course in Swiss law that I chose turned out to be a disappointment. I’d rather ___________ statistics, which my girlfriend said was very good.
A. took B. had taken C. have taken D. take
12. The driver _________ to read a newspaper while he ___________ for the lights to change.
A. had started – waited B. has started – has been waiting
C. was starting – has waited D. started – was waiting
13. As regards the problem of noise, my suggestion is that we should return to it at our next meeting. By this time each of us ___________ all the reports concerning it, which should make our discussion more rational.
A. will have read B. has read C. ought to have read D. will read
14. I hope the committee will respect its own regulations which are quite clear on this point: no applications should be accepted after the list signed by the chairman ________ published.
A. will be B. was C. has been D. will have been
15. It didn’t rain in the spring. I think we __________ water next summer.
A. will run out of B. are going to run out of
C. have run out of D. run out of
16. I’m a lucky person. I _________ in the sun at this time next week.
A. will lie B. am going to lie
C. will be lying D. will have been lying
17. The new cook ___________ the soup at the moment.
A. tastes B. has tasted C. has been tasting D. is tasting
18. The video ___________ since 8 a.m. I wish somebody would turn it off.
A. has played B. is playing
C. has been playing D. had been playing
19. When Jane __________ the plane, she’ll wait for her luggage.
A. will leave B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving
20. We’ve never seen our history teacher so angry; he looks as if he ___________!
A. explodes B. is exploding C. is going to explode D. was exploding