III. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank. 1. This is the most interesting novel A. I’ve read B. I had read C. I’ve never read D. I’ve ever read 2. I haven’t seen you . A. since a long time B. for ages C. ages D. for long existence 3. It every day so far this week. A. rained B. has rained C. rains D. is raining 4. I any letter from him yet. A. haven’t received B. will receive C. don’t receive D. didn’t receive 5. We to Da Lat several times. It’s a foggy city. A. were B. have been C. were being D. had been 6. I haven’t met him since he school. A. left B. was leaving C. had left D. was left 7. My uncle on this farm since he was 20. A. has worked B. have worked C. worked D. was working 8. He London 2 years ago and I him since then. A. left/ hadn’t seen B. left/ haven’t seen C. was living/ haven’t seen D. left/ didn’t seen 9. By the time Tom got back, Peter . A. have gone B. went C. will go D. had gone 10. She in Hue for twenty years. A. lives B. has lived C. lived D. will live 11. It was the most exciting film I . A. never saw B. ever saw C. had ever seen D. have ever seal 12. They have been in love with each other they were young. A. while B. until C. for D. since 13. I the money from him yet. A. haven’t received B. don’t receive C. will receive D. am receiving 14. They for nearly 50 years. A. marry B. have been married C. married D. will marry 15. How many times there so far? A few times. A. have you been B. would you be C. were you D. had you been 16. It’s at least a month since Tom. A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seen D. I last saw 17. We almost every lesson in this book so far. A. study B. studies C. has studied D. have studied 18. We that television program. A. never watch B. not never watch C. have never watched D. has never watched 19. Up to then, I such a big fire. A. have never seen B. had never seen C. never seen D. never see 20. I her since I a student. A. know/ am B. knew/ was C. have known/ am D. have known/ was 21. get tired of answering the same questions every day? A. Have you ever B. Had you ever C. Do you ever D. Are you ever 22. She working on that manuscript for 2 year now. A. will be B. has been C. had been D. is 23. I there once a long time ago and back since. A. went/have not been B. go/am not C. have gone/was D. was going/had not been 24. In the last hundred years, traveling much easier and more comfortable. A. becomes B. has become C. became D. will become 25. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it for two hours. A. rains B. is raining C. has rained D. rained 26. Mike is playing chess. How long he ? A. did/play B.is/playing C. has/play D. has/been playing 27. Today is Thursday and she late twice this week. She late yesterday and on Monday. A. is/was B. has been/is C. has been/was D. has been/had been 28. He in the same house since 1975. A. has lived B. is living C. lived D. had lived 29. We him since he married. A. didn’t see/got B. haven’t seen/got C. don’t/get D. hadn’t seen/got 30. It for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis. A. is raining B. had rained C. has rained D. was raining