We couldn't catch up with the others because they ____ too long before us.

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• 1The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities ________ rising steadily since 1990.

  A.is

  B.are

  C.has been

  D.have been

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• 2The manager ________ the workers how to improve the program since 9 am.

  A.has told

  B.is telling

  C.has been telling

  D.will have told

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• 3No sooner _____ home than the telephone rang.

  A.he had arrived

  B.had he arrived

  C.he arrived

  D.did he arrive

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• 4When Alice came to life, she did not know how long she ________ there.

  A.had been lying

  B.has been lying

  C.was lying

  D.has lain

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• 5— Tom, you didn't come to the party last night? — I ____, but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.

  A.had to

  B.didn't

  C.was going to

  D.wouldn't

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• 6The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.

  A.had known

  B.knew

  C.have known

  D.know

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• 7John was given the same suitcase his father and grandfather ____ with them to school.

  A.took

  B.had taken

  C.were taking

  D.would take

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• 8Li Ming went to London last year, which was the first time that he _____ abroad.

  A.had travelled

  B.travelled

  C.was travelling

  D.would travel

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• 9John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent $3,000 more than he _____ for the wedding.

  A.will plan

  B.has planned

  C.would plan

  D.had planned

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• 10So carefully ____ the performance that it went smoothly in the competition.

  A.have we prepared

  B.had we prepared

  C.we have prepared

  D.we had prepared

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