---Is Blake still absent from class？

---I think he be punished if he goes on with it．

A．shall B．must

C．can D．will

—Who______ it be that is knocking at the door？

—It ______ be Father，but I’m not sure．

A．can; must B．can; may

C．must; can D．may; must

When we were young，every evening my brother and I ______ stay at home waiting for our mother．

A．would B．might

C．should D．could

Seeing the enemy，Gary was behaving as though nothing ______．

A．happened B．had happened

C．would happen D．was happening

To________ telling lies，he asked his friend to help him cheat his parents．

A．get rid of B．get away with

C．throw away D．get down to

The hunter ____ down and ____ to the farmer that he had___ his gun against the tree．

A．lay，lied，laid B．lay，laid，laid

C．laid，lay，lied D．laid，lied，lay

The police found that the house ____ and a lot of things _____．

A．has been broken into; has been stolen

B．had broken into; had been stolen

C．has been broken into; stolen

D．had been broken into; stolen

A group of children___ around the old man，listening to him telling the story and they ____ when it came to something really interesting．

A．were gathered，held their breaths

B．gathered，held their breath

C．gathered，held their breaths

D．were gathered．，held their breath

---What do you think of the book I lent to you yesterday？

---Oh，not too bad．It is not too difficult ____．

A．to read B．to be read

C．reading D．being read

The party we had been looking forward to ____ to be a great disappointment．

A．turned up B．turned out

C．turning up D．turning out