43. -----“I wish I ________ the orientation program yesterday.”
-----“It’s too bad that you _________. We met a lot of people.”
A. had attended …didn’t B. had attended …hadn’t
C. attended … didn’t D. could attend … haven’t
44. -----“Do you want me to lend you some money?”
-----“I wish you __________, I can pay you back next week.”
A. should B. did C. might D. would
45. The picture exhibition bored me to death. I wish I _______ to it.
A. had not gone B. have not gone
C. did not go D. could not have gone
46. If their passport _______ all right, they _______ arrested.
A. were … wouldn’t be B. had been … wouldn’t have been
C. are… mustn’t be D. should be … wouldn’t be
47. If only I _________ how to operate an electronic computer as you do.
A. had known B. would know C. should know D. knew
48. The thick smog covered the whole city. It was as if a great black blanket ______ over it.
A. had been thrown B. were thrown
C. be thrown D. had thrown
49. He spoke in a quiet, distinct voice, as though his thought _________.
A. was far away B. had been far away
C. were far away D. went far away
50. If I had only read all the books before I ________ the lecture!
A. would have attended B. attended
C. had attended D. have attended
51. I would have been able to help him, but I _______ so busy.
A. were B. had been C. was D. would be
52. -----“Where have you been?”
-----“I got caught in the traffic; _______ I would have been here sooner.”
A. however B. although C. anyway D. otherwise
53. It is desirable that the airplane _______ as light as possible.
A. was B. be C. is D. were
54. I _______ do that if I were given the choice.
A. would rather not B. would not rather
C. rather not D. had rather not
55. Everybody has arrived. It’s time we _________.
A. would start B. shall start
C. started D. had start
56. -----“Mrs. Williams can speak Japanese.”
-----“But she would rather _______ English with us.”
A. speak B. spoke C. to speak D. had spoken
57. John would rather that Jane _______ to the party yesterday evening.
A. did not go B. not go
C. had not gone D. wouldn’t gone
58. -----“What’s the matter with Harry?”