Lesson One Your College Years.doc

Lesson One Your College Years Exercises: I. Grammar and Vocabulary 1 If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you ____ now. A wouldn’t be smiling B couldn’t have smiled C won’t smile D didn’t smile 2 The conference ______ a full week by the time it end. A must have lasted B will have lasted C would last D has lasted 3 The room is in a terrible mass; it _____ cleaned. A can’t have been B shouldn’t have been C mustn’t have been D wouldn’t have been 4__ ___ they have missed the train? __ Yes, they may have. A can B may C should D must 5 It is imperative that you _____ there in time. A should be B will be C must be D would be 6 No disobedience is allowed. You ____ do what I tell you. A can B may C shall D ought to 7 ____I wonder why Jane did not come to the examination room yesterday. _____ she _____ since she had already passed it. A needn’t have to B needn’t take it C needn’t have taken it D didn’t need to 8 What a mass you’ve made! You _______ the work better. A must have done B could have done C need have done D ought have done 9 My train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ___ by then. A would leave B will have left C has left D had left 10 Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ____during the day. A should have done B would have done C may have done D must have done 11 The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ___ by his lack of talent. A than B more than C as D so much as 12 Some women _____ a good salary in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family. A must make B should have made C would make D could have made 13 You ____ him so closely; you should have kept your distance. A shouldn’t follow B mustn’t follow C couldn’t have been following D should