8.(★★★★★)-I________ to be here on time.

　　 -But you________ late again.

　　 A.had meant;were B.meant;were

　　 C.have meant;are D.meant;had been

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7.(★★★★)I don’t really work here.I________ until the new secretary arrives.

　　 A.just help out B.have just helped out

　　 C.am just helping out D.will just help out

6.(★★★★★)-Do you like the material?

　　 -Yes,it________ very soft.

　　 A.is feeling B.fel t C.feels D.is felt

5.(★★★★★)-Alice,why didn’t you come yesterday?

　　 -I________,but I had an unexpected visitor.

　　 A.had B.would C.was going to D.did

4.(★★★★★)Robert is said________ abroad,but I don’t know what country he studied in.

　　 A.to have studied B.to study

　　 C.to be studying D.to have been studying

3.(★★★★★)-Hey,look where you are going!

　　 -Oh,I’m terribly sorry,________.

　　 A.I’m not noticing B.I wasn’t noticing

　　 C.I haven’t noticed D.I don’t notice

2.(★★★★★)The price________,but I doubt whether it will remain so.

　　 A.went down B.will go down

　　 C.has gone down D.was going down

1.(★★★★)-How are you today?

　　 -Oh,I________ as ill as I do now for a very long time.

　　 A.didn’t feel B.wasn’t feeling

　　 C.don’t feel D.haven’t felt