The boss insisted that the task _______before 5 o’clock this afternoon.
| A．was finished | B．finished | C．be finished | D．should finish |
I __________ there little more than a week when I set to work with the scientist.
| A．would be | B．have been |
| C．had been | D．will be |
They __________ two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go.
| A．had got | B．got |
| C．have got | D．get |
—Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.
—Oh, nothing much. In fact, I __________ of my friends back home.
| A．have just thought | B．was just thinking |
| C．would just think | D．will just be thinking |
The flowers were so lovely that they __________ in no time.
| A．sold | B．had been sold |
| C．were sold | D．would sell |
—Ouch! You hurt me!
—I am sorry. But I __________ any harm. I __________ to drive a rat out.
| A．didn’t mean; tried | B．don’t mean; am trying |
| C．haven’t meant; tried | D．didn’t mean; was trying |