（ ）41.I bought the bread last week. It_____stal

E. You'd better not take it now.

A.is going

B.was

C.had been

D.is about to

（ ）42.He had already known the news before I _____him of it.

A.had informed

B.could inform

C.would inform

D.have informed

（ ）43.He_____for six years by the time he takes the IELTS examination next week.

A.studied English

B.had been studying English

C.studies English

D.will have been studying English

（ ）44.The school authorities and teachers _____over the advantages and disadvantages of the educational system.

A.were always argued

B.were always arguing

C.had always argued

D.had always been argued

（ ）45.When I saw her smiling face， I knew she_____the first prize of the speech contest.

A.has

B.has had

C.had had

D.was having

（ ）46.The united States______fifty states.

A.consisted of

B.is consisted of

C.consistes of

D.consists

（ ）47.The Chinese food_____delicious.

A.are tasted

B.taste

C.is tasted

D.tastes

（ ）48.Your hair needs_____. You'd better have it_____tomorrow.

A.cutting； done

B.cutting；to be done

C.being cut；done

D.to be cut；to be done

（ ）49._______，wood will soon burst into a flam

A.Heating

B.when heating

C.Being heated

D.When heated

（ ）50."How do you like your new position？" "I_____with it."

A.don't satisfy

B.am not satisfied

C.can't satisfy

D.haven't satisfy