1. I found the key I lost. I for it for ages. A have been looking b have looked

1. I found the key I lost. I …. for it for ages.
A) have been looking B) have looked
C) looked D) am looking

2. I travel a lot in my job …. to Europe.

A) exactly B) really C) nearly D) mainly

3. Scientists … more than 30 unknown insects.

A) have recently found B) have yet found
C) has been finded D) have already find

4. Have they … been to Europe?

A) ever B) never C) just D) yet

5. In the spring the weather …. warm, and green plants … to grow from the soil.

A) became / begins
B) has become / begin
C) becomes / begin
D) is becoming / has begun

6. This house … the bank of the river when I was young.

A) stood in B) stood on
C) stood at D) stood out

7. I am afraid of dogs. But when I see them, I have to …. .

A) commit a crime B) pull myself together
C) be madness D) be asleep

8. The article I have just read … about war criminal.

A) has been B) have been C) is D) was

9. – Where`s John?

- He …. In the office.
A) has been working B) was working
C) is working D) worked

10. Everything …. better than I …. .

A) went / have expected
B) is going / have expected
C) have gone / expected
D) goes / expected

11. That famous opera singer …. at the opera house tonight.

A) appeared B) appears
C) is appearing D) appeared

12. – Where are the children?

- They ….the park to play football.
A) have gone to B) have been to
C) have been in D) have gone at

13. – Is Jeff still in the garden?

- Yes. He …. the flowers all afternoon.
A) is watering B) has watered
C) has been watering D) watered

14. - Do you see Catherine very often?

- We … for lunch twice a month.
A) meet B) met C) have met D) are meeting

15. – I feel very tired.

- How can you be tired? You …. a thing all day.
A) haven`t done B) haven`t been done
C) aren`t doing D) didn`t do

16. – Will you be going to the … today?

- Yes, would you like me to return your books?
A) company B) school C) library D) office

17. I asked two people the way to the stadium, but neither of them …. .

A) didn`t know B) know
C) knew D) have known

18. This shirt is too … around the neck. I can`t breathe!

A) tight B) smooth C) rough D) slippery

19. Financial experts … signs that the economy is beginning to improve.

A) detected B) have been detecting
C) have detected D) detects

20. Over a hundred years ago, when Melville wrote his famous novel “Moby Dick”, hunting whales … dangerous and sometimes fatal business.

A) has been B) is C) were D) was

21. Smith has already served a ten-year … for armed robbery.

A) assignment B) sentence
C) punishment D) army

22. A popular theory …. that the moon … from the earth more than a billion years ago when a large meteorite or small planet … the earth.

A) suggests / splitted off / struck
B) suggest / splited off / strucked
C) suggests / split off / struck
D) suggests / splits off / struck

23. This catastrophic event is the most commonly held explanation for why dinosaurs … extinct 65 million years ago.

A) have become B) become
C) became D) has become

24. Many people feel that experiment on animals … wrong and should be stopped immediately because animals do feel pain.

A) were B) have been C) is D) is being

25. Difficult roads often …. to beautiful destinations.

A) lead B) has led C) leads D) is leading