40.(1999上海, 16 )He _______ to the lab than he set out to do the experiment.

A.has no sooner got B.no sooner got

C.will no sooner get D.had no sooner got

39.(1999上海, 2 ) E-mail, as well as telephones, _______ an important part in daily communication.

A.is playing B.have played

C.are playing D.play

38.(NMET 1999, 24, NMET 1999广东省, 34) —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

37.(NMET 1999, 16, NMET 1999广东省, 28 ) 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

36.(NMET 2000北京春季, 23) _______ some of this juice—perhaps you'll like it.

A.Trying B.Try C.To try D.Have tried

35.(NMET 2000北京春季, 19) All the preparations for the task _______, and we're ready to start.

plete

C.had been completed D.have been completed

34.(NMET 2000北京春季, 14) —You're drinking too much.

—Only at home.No one _______ me but you.

A.is seeing B.had seen

C.sees D.saw

33.(NMET 2000北京春季, 9) Old McDonald gave up smoking for a while, but soon _______ to his old ways.

A.returned B.returns

C.was returning D.had returned

32.(2000上海, 38)An awful accident _______, however, occur the other day.

A.does B.did

C.has to D.had to

31.(2000上海, 24) My uncle _______ until he was forty-five.

A.married B.didn't marry

C.was not marrying D.would marry