Assignment 18

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 778.

Review the Grammar material of Units Iand II. Choose the correctitem.

1. We find other nations able to compete with us to such an extent as we

a) were never before experiencing

b) have never before experienced

c) never before experienced

d) had never before experienced

2. The Morgan Motor Company ______________________ élite cars.

a) produces

b) was producing

c) has produced

d) had produced

3. By next year farm output

a) will double

b) has doubled

c) is doubling

d) will have doubled

4. The amount of cultivated land __________________about the same next year

a) will have remained

b) will remain

c) would have remained

d) will remain

5. At present large companies ________________________a lot ofmoney in research and development.

a) invest

b) are investing

c) have invested

d) had invested

6. They told us that two days before the spokesmen for the consumers

_______________________ farmers and the food-processing industry with

sacrificing nutrition and taste.

a) have charged

b) was charging

c) had charged

d) charged

7. Unfortunately, many small businesses __________________ lately.

a) fail

b) are failing

c) have failed

d) will be failing

8. Agriculture feeds the nation and _______________ raw materials to most industries.

a)was supplying

b) supplied

c) has supplied

d) supplies

9. London _____________________ an important centre for finance for many years.

a) has been

b) had been

c) was

d) is

10. Joel knew that the Maxwell House Hotel ______________ where the

president, senators, diplomats, and leading Europeans met and stayed.

a) has been

b) is

c) had been

d) was