1. Nid ______ New York before the 9/11 incident.
    1.   visit
    2.   visits
    3.   visited
    4.   visiting
    5.   to visit
  2. Kim and Ann ______ the computer when the fire ____ out yesterday.
    1.   am using … is breaking
    2.   was using … was breaking
    3.   were using … broke
    4.   has been using … broke
    5.   have been … was breaking
  3. During her trip to Europe last month, after Noi _____ Paris, she _____ to Rome.
    1.   visited … was gone
    2.   has visited … went
    3.   had visited … went
    4.   had been visited … had gone
    5.   had been visiting … had gone
  4. He ____ a nap for half an hour before we _____ him up.
    1.   took ... wake
    2.   has taken … woke
    3.   had taken … wakes
    4.   had been taken … wake
    5.   had been taking … woke
  5. The Egyptians _____ the dark area of the night sky around which the stars appear to revolve ____ the physical gateway into the heavens.
    1.   believe ... is
    2.   believes ... is
    3.   believed ... was
    4.   was believed … has been
    5.   were believed … has been
  6. All Egyptian pyramids _____ on the west bank of the Nile, which as the site of the setting sun ________ with the realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
    (Source: “Egyptian Pyramids” Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids on September 18, 2010)
    1.   built … associated
    2.   was built … was associated
    3.   were built … was associated
    4.   had been built … has been associated
    5.   had been built … associated
  7. One day, the King of Sharks saw a beautiful girl swimming near the shore. He immediately ____ in love with the girl. Transforming himself into a handsome man, he ____ himself in the feathered cape of a chief and _____ her to her village.
    (Source: “The King of Sharks” A Native American Myth from Hawaii, retold by S.E. Schlosser Retrieved from http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/the_king_of_sharks.html on September 18, 2010)
    1.   fall … dress … follow
    2.   falls … dresses … followed
    3.   fell … dressed … followed
    4.   was falling … was dressing … was following
    5.   had fallen … had dressed … had followed
  8. When I was a child my father _____ the big globe beside my bed; it _____ his way of teaching me geography.

    1.   spin … is
    2.   spins … be
    3.   spun … was
    4.   has spun … has been
    5.   has spun … had been
  9. The town of Bangkok ____ as a small trading center and port community on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River before the establishment of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, the precursor of modern Thailand, which _____ from 1350 to 1767.
    1.   began … existed
    2.   has begun … has existed
    3.   was begun … was existed
    4.   has been … begun
    5.   had been … begun
  10. It was the ninth time New York City ______ by a tornado since 1950, and the second this year, officials said
    1.   hit
    2.   had hit
    3.   had being hit
    4.   being hit
    5.   had been hit