1. Please let me in. I promise not to take up too much _____.
A. place B. area C. space D. room
2. How many people can this hall _____? We want to have a meeting in it.
A. seat B. take C. stand D. place
3. To tell the truth, if it were not for the fact that you_________ my daughter, I would not take such pains to serve you.
A. were B. are C. had been D. have been
4. --You could have got there in time, but you__________early enough.
--Yes, it was really a pity.
A. didn't start B. don't start C. hadn't started D. haven't started
5. You should have passed the exam held last month, but you ______ hard.
A. hadn't studied B. haven't studiedC. don't study D. didn't study
6. I would like to have given you a valuable present for your birthday, but I____ short of money at that time.
A. was B. were C. had been D. have been
7. You _______ really careless enough at the time, such mistakes could have been avoided.
A. are B. were C. have been D. had been
8.---You could have walked to the station yesterday afternoon.
---Yes, a taxi ____ necessary at all for such a short distance.
A. isn't B. wasn't C. weren't D. hadn't been
9. You hard enough. You could have finished all your work in time.
A. don't work B. didn't work C. haven't worked D. hadn't worked
10. My money has ______ would you like to give me some?
A. run out B. been run out C. been running out D. being run out
11. Just at that time his eyes were found at a beautiful picture.
A. fixing B. fixed C. to fix D. to be fixed
12. At that very moment, the door to her bedroom was found _____.
A. open B. opened C. opening D. to be opened
13. When the clock struck twelve, the thief was found behind the town hall.
A. hide B. hidden C. hiding D. to hide
14. Recently the weather has hot. Can you get used to it?
A. been stayed B. stayed C. been staying D. being stayed
15. It was not until he finished all his homework he went home.
A. after B. before C. which D. that
16. When was it he began to be lost in all kinds of games?
A. before B. since C. that
