--- Has your father returned from Africa yet?
--- Yes, but he here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia.
| A．was | B．has been | C．will be | D．would be |
Gone forever ____ when we used foreign oil.
| A．the days are | B．the days were |
| C．are the days | D．were the days |
As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.
| A．read ; was falling | B．was reading; fell |
| C．was reading; was falling | D．read; fell |
I ______, but I was prevent by the heavy rain.
| A．had meant coming | B．had meant to come |
| C．meant to come | D．meant coming |
It was not until then that I came to know knowledge ____ only from practice.
| A．had come | B．came | C．would come | D．comes |
I don’t really work here, I _____ until the new secretary arrives.
| A．just help out | B．have just helped out |
| C．am just helping out | D．will just help out |