8. Shirley _____a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.

A) has written   

B) wrote   

C) had written   

D) was writing   


9. _____the children to bed, she began to correct the students' exercises.

A) Sending   

B) Being sent   

C) sent   

D) Having sent   


10. Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to _____.

A) be put up   

B) give in   

C) be turned on   

D) go out   


11. Why do you want a new job_____ you've got such a good one already?

A) that   

B) where   

C) which   

D) when   


12. He insisted that his brother ____ the window. It was clear that someone else broke the window.

A) should not break   

B) should not have broken    

C) hadn't broken   

D) would not break   


13. ----- Can you come on Monday or Tuesday? ----- I'm afraid _____day is possible.

A) either   

B) neither   

C) some   

D) any   


14. ----- Don't forget to come to my birthday party, Mr. Wang. ----- _____.

A) No, I don't   

B) Yes, I can't   

C) No, I won't   

D) Yes, I'm sure   


15. Tom's father, as well as his mother, _____in New York for a few more days.

A) suggest him to stay   

B) suggested him that he should stay    

C) suggest him staying   

D) suggests he stay