Tales of the unexplained

25. tom was disappointed that most of guests _d____when he ______at the party.
a. left, had arrived   b. had left, had arrived  
c. left, arrived       d. had left, arrived

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1. — i’m sure andrew will win the first prize in the final. 
  — i think so. he ___d_____ for it for months. (江蘇)
a. is preparing          b. was preparing
c. had been preparing      d. has been preparing
2. by the time he realizes he _____d____ into a trap, it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it. (山東)
   a. walks         b. walked        c. has walked      d. had walked
3. so far this year we _d_ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.
   a. saw        b. see           c. had seen       d. have seen  (08福建)
4. cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at sunshine school, where she __d___ english for a year. (湖南)
   a. studies      b. studied        c. is studying        d. has been studying
5. danny __c__ hard for long to realize his dream and now he is popular. (福建)
a. works      b. is working        c. has worked      d. had worked
6. —i have got a headache.
 —no wonder. you ______c___ in front of that computer too long. (江西)
   a. work        b. are working     c. have been working       d. worked
7. the unemployment rate in this district ____a___ from 6% to 5% in the past two years. (上海)
   a. has fallen       b. had fallen      c. is falling           d. was falling
8. now that she is out of job, lucy _b__ going back to school，but she hasn’t decided yet.(北京)
a. had considered                b. has been considering  
c. considered                       d. is going to consider