1. The news _____ very worth listening to.

A. be B. is C. are D. am

2. —_____ this pair of glasses yours?

—No. My glasses _____ on the desk.

A. Is, is B. Are, is C. Is, are D. Are, are

3. The old _____ taken good care of in China now.

A. was B. are C. is D. were

4. Nobody except the twins ___ to Hongkong before.

A. have been B. have gone

C. has been D. has gone

5. —What’s on the plate?

—There _____ some rice on it.

A. is B. are C. has D. have

6. Five years _____ since we met last.

A. have passed B. has past

C. has passed D. have pasted

7. Here _____ some flowers for you.

A. is B. are C. has D. have

8. There __________ a number of teachers, but the number of women teachers ________ only thirty.

A. are, are B. are, is C. is, are D. is, is

9. Not only my uncle but also my parents _______ I am right.

A. think B. thank C. thinks D. are thinking

10. Doing morning exercises _____ good for our health.

A. be B. are C. is D. am

11. Everyone likes people who _____ ready to help others.

A. is B. are C. being D. was

12. The Smith family _____ making dumplings in the kitchen.

A. is B. are C. has been D. can

13. One third of the population in our city ______ farmers in the past.

A. are B. were C. is D. was

14. The headmaster and the teacher ______ coming to us now.

A. are B. is C. will D. am

15. Tom as well as his friends _____ skating every Saturday.

A. are B. is C. go D. goes

(Keys： 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. D)