One-third of the area _____ covered with green trees. About seventy percent of the trees _____ been planted. A. are; have B. is; has C. is; have D. are; has 2. The number of teachers in our college _____ greatly increased last term.A number of teachers in this school _____ from the countryside. A. was; is B. was; are C. were; are D. were; is 3. What _____ the population of China ? One-third of the population _____ workers here. A. is; are B. are; are C. is; is D. are; is 4. Not only he but also we _____ right. He as well as we _____ right. A. are; are B. are; is C. is; is D. is; are 5. What he’d like _____ a digital watch. What he’d like _____ textbooks. A. are; are B. is; is C. is; are D. are; is 6. He is one of the boys who _____ here on time. He is the only one of the boys who _____ here on time. A. has come; have come B. have come; has come C. has come; has come D. have come; have come 7. Either you or he _____ interested in playing chess. _____ you or he fond of music at present? A. are; Are B. is; Are C. are; Is D. is; Is 8. Many a professor _____ looking forward to visiting Germany now. Many scientists _____ studied animals and plants in the last two years. A. is; have B. is; has C. are; have D. is; are 9. A knife and a fork _____ on the table. A knife and fork _____ on the table. A. is; is B. are; are C. are; is D. is; are 10. Her family _____ much larger than mine four years ago. Her family _____ dancing and singing when I came in last night. A. were; was B. was; were C. was; was D. were; were 11. How and why Jack came to China _____ not known. When and where to build the new library _____ not been decided. A. is; has B. are; has C. is; have D. are; have 12. Now Tom together with his classmates _____ football on the playground. A. play B. are playing C. plays D. is playing 13. Two hundred and fifty pounds _____ too unreasonable a price for a second-hand car. A. is B. are C. were D. be 14. All but Dick _____ in Class Three this term. A. are B. is C. were D. was 15. Soon after the earthquake, every man, woman and child _____ about it. A. were talking B. was talking C. talk D. talks 16. We each _____ strong points and each of us on the other hand _____ weak points. A. have; have B. has; have C. has; has D. have; has 17. My friend and classmate Paul _____ motorcycles in his spare time. A. race B. races C. is raced D. is racing 18. There _____ a pen, two pencils, and three books on the desk. A. are B. is C. has D. have 19. The factory, including its machines and buildings, _____ burnt last night. A. is B. are C. were D. was 20. Climbing hills _____ of great help to health. A. is B. are C. were D. be 21. Time and tide _____ for no man. A. wait B. waited C. is waiting D. has waited 22. The injured in the tsunami _____ good care of by some medical teams. A. is taken B. are being taken C. are taking D. is being taken 23. It is not J. K. Rowling but her works that _____ us excited. A. makes B. is made C. make D. are made 24. On the closet _____ a pair of trousers his parents bought for his birthday. A. lying B. lies C. lie D. is laid 25. Each man and each woman _____ asked to help when the fire broke out. A. is B. was C. are D. were 26. About 60 percent of the students _____ from the south; the rest of them _____ from the north and foreign countries. A. are; is B. is; is C. is; are D. are; are 27. —Is there anybody in the classroom ? —No, the teacher, together with the students _____ to the playground. A. go B. went C. has gone D. have gone 28. —Are these your sheep ? — No. Mine _____ on grass at the foot of the hill. 29. Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women _____ a very shy girl with two bright eyes. A. was B. are C. were D. there was 30. Mr. Bush, together with his wife and daughter _____ going to Japan next week. A. are B. is C. will be D. would be 31. Not the teacher but the students _____ excited. A. is B. has C. are D. have 32. As I have a meeting at four, ten minutes ____ all that I can spare to talk with you. A. are B. was C. is D. were 33. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass. A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifths; are C. Two fifth; are D. Two fifths; is