―What’s the matter? You look worried and restless.

    ―Oh, nothing really serious. As a matter of fact, I ______ of my graduation thesis. I have to hand it in soon.

A. am just thinking     B. just thought

C. have just thought    D. was just thinking

— Look! How long ________ like this?

   —Three weeks! It’s usual here that rain _______ without stopping these days of the year.

A. has it rained; pours        B. has it been raining; pours

C. is it raining; is pouring   D. does it rain; pours

Good heavens! There you are! We _____ anxious about you, and we _____ you back throughout the night.

  A. are; expect        B. were; had expected     

  C. have been; were expecting          

  D. are; were expecting

When he arrived, he found ____ the aged and the sick at home.

A. nothing but B. none but C. none other than D. no other than

The newspaper's owner and editor ___ away on holiday.  

   A. is B. are C. be D. have been

With his eyes ______ on the family album, he thought of the fun he had when he lived with his parents.

   A. fixing  B. fixed  C. to be fixed  D. being fixed

 "_____ your meeting is!" he offered them his sincere congratulations.

A. How a great success   B. What a great success

C. How great success     D. What great success

The doctor said I was over-weight. If only I _____ less!

   A. ate   B. have been eating

   C. have eaten   D. had eaten  

______ that no one was ever prepared for it.

   A. So suddenly did the bad news come

   B. So suddenly the bad news came

   C. So did the bad news come suddenly

   D. Did the bad news come so suddenly

  _____ of water makes Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid.

A. Lacking    B. Being lack  

C. Because of lack    D. Lack