469. Andrew is a well-read man. He was persuaded by his father to read tales when he was only seven years old, and he ___________ fond of reading ever since. 1. was 2. is 3. has been 4. had been 470. Each time the star singer finishes a song, everybody in the audience. _______loudly. 1. applauds 2. applaud 3. applauded 4. have applaubed 471.What_______so seriously these last three hours? 1. were you discussing 2. have you discussed 3. have you been discussing 4. did you discuss 472. "They are good students." "I'm not surprised. They do nothing but________ 1. study 2. studies 3. studying 4. to study 473. "You look so exhausted." I _________around the town all day." 1. ran 2. had run 3. have been running 4. had been running
474. His grandfather has __________for five years. 1. died 2. dead 3. been died 4. been dead 475. Edward_______________a lot about the beauty of Phuket, and 1. is hearing, is hoping 2. has heard, hopes 3. hears, will hope 4. heard, would hope 476. I could tell from the____look on her face that something terrible______. 1. frightened, was happened 2. frightening, would happen 3. frightened, had happened 4. frightening, had been happened 477. The entire audience._________in applause the minute the final curtain_________. 1. had risen, was falling 2. has risen, falls 3. was rising, had fallen 4. rose, fell 478. The tooth_____me for quite some time when, at last, I _______to see my dentist. 1. bothered, had resolved 2. was bothering, resolve 3. had been bothering, resolved 4. has been bothering, have resolved
479. It was revealed at the trial that the accused man _____out on the night of the murder. 1. won't have gone 2. hadn't gone 3. hasn't gone 4. wouldn't have gone 480. I'm really sorry to have broken your crystal vase. It _____out of my hand as I_________ it into the room. 1. was slipping, was bringing 2. had slipped, brought 3. slipped, was bringing 4. would slip, brought 481. When the police arrived, the diver_____already______ the body out of the river and it_____. on the ground. 1. has, pulled, lay 2. would, pull, were lying 3. was, pulling, had lain 4. had, pulled, was lying 482. I didn't notice as I_____ the car in the garage that fuel______ from underneath it. 1. have left, dripped 2. was leaving, will drip 3. left, was dripping 4. would leave, had dripped 483. Do you know how fast he _________at the time of the accident? 1. drove 2. was driving 3. had driven 4. will have driven
484. After the accident, the taxi driver____the bicyclist of not looking where he_______. 1. accused, was going 2, had accused, would be going 3. was accusing, has gone 4. would accuse, has been going 485. Until the disaster, no one.______that the huge oceanliner Titanic _________. 1. had thought, would sink 2. thought, sank 3. was thinking, can sink 4. has thought, will sink 486. She is always complaining about something, and I'm beginning to find her complaints rather_______ 1. annoy 2. annoying 3. annoyed 4. to be annoyed 487. I stepped on a woman's foot while dancing, and I felt very _____me angrily. 1. embarrass 2. embarrassed 3. embarrassment 4. embarrassing 488. Unlike______rural areas, the crowded streets in urban areas are always filled with interesting people. 1. quiet 2. quietly 3. to be quiet 4. being quiet
489. Sarah seemed rather________when I explained to her the difficulties of being a flight attendant. 1. discouraged 2. discouraging 3. discourage 4. discouragement 490. She has an excellent personality, which makes her a much-______friends. 1. admire 2. admiring 3. admired 4. admiration 491. The news that I had passed the exam made me feel_______. 1. happy 2. happily 3. am happy 4. to be happy 492. Seeing that the students hadn't done their homework, the teacher grew __________. 1. angrily 2. anger 3. angry 4. and angry 493. When I listened to the story, I found it rather_________. 1. incredible 2. incredibly 3. as incredible 4. to be incredible
494. I noticed that the children were _________to clean the garden after my offering them a cake for the job. 1. motivated 2. motivating 3. motivation 4. being motivated 495. A_________amount of money is spent on arms by all nations. 1. considered 2. considering 3. considerable 4. considerably 496. Although the characters were very convincing, the plot was so weak that the film was a failure. 1. preposition, noun 2. preposition, verb 3. conjunction, noun 4. conjunction,verb 497. A French woman, whose name was kept secret, bought the most items at ____auction. 1. yesterday 2. yesterday's 3. a yesterday 4. the yesterday 498. There were plenty of _______before mine, but they chose me for the job. 1. apply 2. application 3. applies 4. applications
499. There are several books on this subject. You can read some of them to improve your _______. 1. knowledge 2. knowledges 3. knowledgeable 4. many knowledges 500. Most students in high schools have_____deciding upon a major at university, because there aren't enough advisory bodies in schools. 1. difficult 2. difficultly 3. difficulty 4. diffficulties