21. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee _______ to investigate the incident.

　　A) were set up　　　 B) was set up　 C) be set up D) set up

　　22. If the earth suddenly _______ spinning, we would all fly off it.

　　A) had stopped B) stopped C) has stopped D) would stop

　　23. I’m sorry Andy didn't want to go to the conference, _______ willing to go we would have paid all his expenses.

　　A) Being B) Was he C) He had been D) Had he been

　　24. Jean doesn’t want to work right away because she thinks that if she _______ a job she probably wouldn’t be able to see her friends very often.

　　A) has to get B) were to get C) had got D) could have got

　　25. _______ right now, she would get there on Sunday.

　　A) Would she leave B) If she leaves C) Were she to leave D)If she had left

　　26. If the whole operation _______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.

　　A) was not planned B) has not been planned C) had not been planned D) were not planned

　　27. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, all practical value _______ by the time they were finished.

　　A) had lost B) would have lost C) would lose D) should have lost

　　28. _______ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.

　　A) Had they arrived B) Would they arrive C) Were they arriving D)Were they to arrive

　　29. Had he worked harder, he _______ the exams.

　　A) must have got through B) would have got through C) would get through D) could get through

　　30. _______ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.

　　A) Had it not been B) It were not C) Weren't it D) Had not it been

　　31. _______ for my illness I would have lent him a helping hand.

　　A) Not being B) Had it not been C) Without being D) Not having been

　　32. _______ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.

　　A) Besides B) Regardless of C) But for D) Despite

　　33. _______ the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time.

　　A) But for B) In case of C) In spite of D) Because of

　　34. The picture exhibition bored me to death. I wish I _______ to it.

　　A) have not gone B) did not go C) had not gone D) should not have gone

　　35. I wish I _______ longer this morning, but I had to get up and come to class.

　　A) could have slept B) slept C) might have slept D) have slept

　　36. Sometimes I wish I _______ in a different time and a different place.

　　A) be living B) were living C) would live D) would have lived

　　37. Jack wishes that he _______ business instead of history when he was in university.

　　A) studied B) study C) had been studying D) had studied

　　38. He didn't go to the party, but he does wish he _______there.

　　A) would be B) has been C) would have been D) had been

　　39. If only the committee _______ the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.

　　A) approve B) will approve C) can approve D) would approve

　　40. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I_______ your advice.

　　A) follow B) had followed C) would follow D) have followed