—Excuse me, but I wonder if Joan is available at 3∶30 this afternoon.

—I'm afraid he ______ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

A．will watch 

B．will be watching

C．is to watch 

D．is watching

—How long do you want me to heat the oil?

—Heat it till it ________ to smoke.

A．would begin 

B．begins

C．will begin 

D．began

So far this year we ________ a fall in house prices by between 5 percent and 10 percent.

A．saw 

B．see

C．had seen 

D．have seen

It is believed that many more popular terms ________ on the Internet this year.

A．will be created 

B．have created

C．are created 

D．are creating

—I ________ the book till now.

—No worry. You may have left it at home.

A．hadn't found 

B．don't find

C．won't find 

D．haven't found

With the country's population reaching 1.6 billion in the mid of this century, most of China's rivers, including the Yellow River, ________.

A．is drying up 

B．will be drying up

C．dry up 

D．have dried up

The novel was not published until 40 years after it ________.

A．has been completed 

B．has completed

C．was completed 

D．completed

When Bill Gates decided to create Microsoft, he ________ law at Harvard University.

A．studied 

B．had studied

C．was studying 

D．would study

I have to walk upstairs.The lift ________ down.

A．was breaking

B．broke

C．will break

D．has broken

—Who is Wang Xiaoshuai?

—He ________ Director of the Year 2010 at the conference of the Chinese Film Directors' Association for his latest film Chongqing Blues.

A．has named 

B．named

C．had been named 

D．was named