__________ good exercise.

  A. Climbing hills is                B. Climbing the hill is

  C. The climbing hills are            D. The climbing of hills are

He said that he would write to us but so far we ___________ from him.

  A. didn’t hear     B. haven’t heard   C. shouldn’t have heard  D. hadn’t heard

I wonder how many years ago ___________.

  A. did your father retire                B. has your father retired

  C. your father retired                  D. your father has retired

Tom tried to __________ in German.

  A. understand himself                 B. make himself understanding

  C. make himself understood            D. make himself understand

—Could you tell Lily the meeting place?

  —Sure, I will __________ when I see her.

  A. immediately     B. probably        C. certainly     D. merely

Were it not for the fact that his father is on the board of directors, he ______ the job. A. will never get                      B. will never have got

C. would never get                    D. would never have got

Two hundred miles ______ a long distance ______ in two hours even by a fast car.

A. are, to cover                       B. are, to be covered

C. is, to cover                         D. is, to be covered

—I don’t think you can manage it.

 —That __________!

A. will all depend on  B. will all depend   C. all depends   D. all depends on

The Committee had met many times, but had not come up with __________ to the

problem.

A. a way           B. an idea         C. a solution     D. a method

His silence at the meeting suggested that he _________ to your plan.

A. didn’t agree      B. hadn’t agreed    C. wouldn’t agree  D. shouldn’t agree