Test 3
1. The country club ................ its database three months ago with the contact information provided on members' application forms.
(A) to update
(B) is updating
(C) updates
(D) updated
2 Troy Barrett, who ............... a lawyer for 15 years, will be leading a discussion at the conference next week.
(A) is
(B) was being
(C) has been
(D) to be
3 The guide announced that the tour of the museum ................. in 10 minutes and is scheduled to run for about two hours.
(A) has been starting
(B) will be starting
(C) was started
(D) being started
4 Because of mechanical problems , the elevators in Zeitgeist Hotel .................. shut down until this coming Friday.
(A) has been
(B) will be
(C) being
(D) was
5 Before they took their morning break, the event organizer ................... attendees about the change of speaker for the afternoon session.
(A) notify
(B) is notifying
(C) had notified
(D) notifies
6 The personnel director ............... new employees on using the company's intranet system since his first year in the department.
(A) has instructed
(B) will instruct
(C) instruct
(D) is instructing
7 Priscilla and her team members ................ a lot of useful information about new sales trends when they attended the trade fair.
(A) will gather
(B) to gather
(C) gather
(D) gathered
8 The technician will visit our office for installation of the new equipment when it .................. delivered.
(A) will be
(B) is
(C) was
(D) had been
9 Analysts believe the public's fear of future economic crises ................... a decrease in consumer spending over the year.
(A) were causing
(B) has caused
(C) causing
(D) is caused
10 Ms. Seiko ................ a member of Eastern Vineyards' board of directors since the company opened 30 years ago.
(A) was
(B) is
(C) will be
(D) has been