. Mr Smith, ______ of the ______speech, started to read a novel.
| A．tired, boring | B．tiring, bored |
| C．tired, bored | D．tiring, boring |
— What were you up to when your parents came in?
— I ____ for a while and ____ some reading.
| A．was playing； was going to do | B．played； did |
| C．had played； was going to do | D．had played； did |
I want to buy that kind of cloth because I ____ the cloth ____ well.
| A．have told； washes | B．have been told； washes |
| C．was told； washed | D．have been told； is washed |
— Remember the first time we met, Jim?
— Of course I do. You ____ in the library.
| A．were reading | B．had read | C．have read | D．read |
The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They ____ too long.
| A．had been cooked | B．were cooked | C．had cooked | D．cooked |
— Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer?
— No, it ____ for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.
| A．was raining | B．had been raining | C．would be raining | D．rained |