1. About 60 percent of the students _____ from the south, the rest of them _____ from the north and foreign countries.
A. are/is B. are/are C. is/are D. are
2. Half of the workers here _____ under 30 _____.
A. is/years B. are/year old C. is/years old D. are/years of age
3. Now Tom with his classmates _____ football on the playground.
A. play B. are playing C. plays D. is playing
4. The number of pages in this dictionary _____ about two thousand.
A. are B. has C. have D. is
5. Thirty dollars _____ too expensive.
A. are B. is C. were D. be
6. The audience _____ so large that no seat was left unoccupied in the great hall.
A. is B. are C. was D. has
7. The secretary and principal _____ at the meeting now.
A. are speaking B. is speaking C. were making a speech D. have a speech
8. "If anybody _____, please put down _____ name," said the teacher to the monitor.
A. wants to buy the book/his B. want to buy the book/their
C. will buy the book/one's D. wants to have the book bought/her
9. Nothing but one desk and six chairs _____ in the room.
A. are B. is stayed C. is D. are left
10. Having arrived at the station, _____.
A. it was found that the train had left &nb, sp; B. th, e trai, n had left
C. the train was found left D. he found that the train had left
11. Between the two roads _____ a TV tower called "Skyscraper Tower".
A. stands B. standing C. which stands D. stand
12. Either of you _____ going there tonight.
A. will B. was C. is D. are
13. You as well _____ right.
A. I are B. I am C. as I am D. as I are
14. All but Dick _____ in Class Three this term.
A. are B. is C. were D. was
15. -- Shall I wait here for three hours?
--Yes. Three hours ___, __ t, , , , , o wait for such a doctor.
A. are not very long for you B. is not long enough fo, , , , , r you
C. was not long enough for you D. will be too long for you
16. Where to get the materials and how to get them _____ at the meeting.
A. have not discussed B. have not been discussed
C. has not discussed D. has not been discussed
17. I took mathematics and physics because I think that _____ very important for me to make further research in this field.
A. what is B. they are C. this D. which are
18. Every student and every teacher _____.
A. are going to attend the meeting B. have attended the meeting
C. has attended the meeting D. is attended the meeting
19. Three fourths of the bread _____ by Bob, and the rest of the bread _____ left on the table.
A. was eaten/were B. were eaten/was C. were eaten/were D. was eaten/was
20. This pair of shoes _____.
A. is her B. is hers C. are hers D. are her