17. The painting     to someone who later donated it to a college.

A. had sold       B.  was sold

C. will sell      D. is sold

16. If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it    all day.

A. rained       B. rains

C. has rained     D.  is raining

15. I      English quite well, but I haven't had time to practise since the new year.

A. will speak    B have spoken

C. spoke      D. speak

5.  (節(jié)曰里）整個國度被櫻花覆蓋，看上去就像是覆蓋了一層粉紅色的雪。

14. ―I wonder what makes you a successful manager.

―I    as a waiter for five years, which contributes a lot to my today's work.

A. serve         B. have served

C. had served      D. served

13. ―Why do you look so upset?

―The electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay    unfinished since.

A. was left      B. has left

C. left         D. has been left

12. —How is your sister?

―She     quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse today.

A. felt       B. feels

C. had felt    D.  has been feeling

11. Since the recent river pollution in Shanxi Province, people    more  and more attention to the water quality.

A. pay         B.  are paying

C. have paid    D.  have been paying

4.  救援小組正努力到達(dá)很難找到食物和飲用水的重災(zāi)區(qū)。

The rescue groups are trying to reach the hardest-hit areas where food and drinkable water are____________.(主語+ be動詞+to do)

3.  在大部分西方國家，在愚人節(jié)這一天，人們經(jīng)常相互捉弄，尤其是孩子們玩得非常開心。

In most Western countries, on April Fool's Day,people often______________ each other; children especially______________ . (play a trick/tricks on;have fun)