Nowadays, the number of women working in the clothing industry .
| A．is increasing | B．has been increasing |
| C．have increased | D．are increasing |
—Alice, why aren’t you at work today?
—Ia day off．
| A．have given | B．have been given | C．gave | D．was given |
Mr. Chapman retired at 70 after henearly 40 years with the Gas Company．
| A．had spent | B．has spent | C．spends | D．would spend |
He has no idea what the book is about．Hehave read it very carefully．
| A．needn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．can’t | D．mustn’t |
．Although itin the desert most of the year, people still live there．
| A．doesn’t rain | B．didn’t rain | C．hasn’t rained | D．hadn’t rained |
She seems to prefer American TV Shows to talking to me．
| A．to watch | B．to be watching | C．watching | D．having watched |