It’s terrible. My car    break down just as we were going on our holiday.

A.might B.would C.could D.must

Luckily, the loss _______ great; otherwise, our company would have closed down.

A.isn’t B.hadn’t been C.hasn’t been D.wasn’t

Leonardo da Vince   birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.

A.is said to be buying

B.is said to have bought

C.had said to buy

D.who said to have bought

You_______get a new bicycle as a reward for doing well in the following final exam.

A.must B.will C.shall D.should

In my opinion, your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is_______in writing.

A.the best organized B.better organized

C.so organized as D.as organized as

He ______ writing the paper now. He hadn’t written a single word when I left him ten minutes ago.

A.shouldn’t be B.can’t have finished

C.can’t be D.mustn’t have finished

Linda, together with her brothers, _______spending the holiday in Chile when the strong earthquake broke out.

A.was B.were C.is D.are

A survey of the opinions of experts _________ that three hours of outdoor exercise a week ________ good for one’s health.

A.show; are B.shows; is

C.show; is D.shows; are

—What do you think of the dinner in Mr. Brown’s?

—Oh, great! We have never had a better one. It’s a dinner of twenty _______.

A.drinks B.people C.tables D.courses

The history of _______ is full of achievements and adventures.

A.man B.men C.men’s D.the men