A. circles B. is circling C. be circling D. were circling
16. The computer “teacher” was talking with his students as though it ___C___ a human teacher.
A. was B. were C. had been D. be
17. Jane appears as though she ___B____ the secret.
A. knows B. knew C. has known D. had known
18. If only she ____B___ of Aunt Ruth!
A. was not terribly so frightened
B. were not terribly so frightened
C. be not so terribly frightened
D. were not so terribly frightened
19. -----“I think that the Smiths were embarrassed by Jane’s generosity.”
-----“She insisted ____B__ it as a gift.”
A. no them to accept B. their accepting
C. that they accept D. that they accepted
20. The chairman requested that ____B______.
A. the members studied the problem more carefully
B. the problem were more carefully studied
C. the problem could be studied with more care
D. the members study the problem more carefully
21. -----“Did Kathy have any ideas for Jim?”
-----“She suggested that he ___A___ a card with all of our names on it.”
A. send B. sends C. to send D. sending
22. The idea is that we ___C____ an unmanned spacecraft to explore the planet first.
A. will send B. had sent C. send D. be sent
23. It is necessary that this machine-tool ___B____ every day.
A. be oiled B. oil C. is to be oiled D. oiled
24. -----“That’s a beautiful coat in the window.”
-----“It certainly is. If I had the money ___A___ buy it.”
A. I’d B. I’ll C. I may D. I shall
25. -----“Why didn’t you help him?”
-----“I would have ___A___ I didn’t have the money.”
A. if B. and C. but D. otherwise
26. Jill would rather we _______ now, but we must go to work.
A. not leave B. had not left
C. didn’t leave D. not to be left
27. I’d just as soon ____D____ those important papers with you.
A. that you won’t take B. your not taking
C. please don’t you take D. you didn’t take
28. The housemaster was very strict. He asked that we _A_____ television on week nights.
A. not watch B. not be watching
C. must not watch D. should not have watched
29. I hadn’t expected James to apologize but I had hoped ___D_____.
A. him calling me B. that he would call me
C. him to call me D. that he call me