河北省保定市高阳中学2014届高三下学期周练英语试题（二十一）
1. London Olympic organizers said 2 years ago tickets for the London 2012 Olympics ______in the U.S and shipped 4,500 miles back to Britain.
A. would be printed B. would print C. were being printed D. had printed
2. Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets ______ in circular orbits around the sun.
A. do not move B. didn’t move C. hadn’t moved D. haven’t moved
3. ---I’m exhausted. I _____on a design day and night.
---You’d better have several days off after finishing it. Otherwise you might break down.
A. have been working B. have worked C. work D. worked
4. One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I _____to arrive.
A. had ordered B. ordered C. was ordering D. would order
5. At the end of the tour, we will drop you off right where you _______ up.
A. are picked B. picked C. will be picked D. are picking
6. One day all of us may have to pay the carbon tax, which is an environmental tax ______ on fossil fuel.
A. charging B. charged C. having charged D. to charge
7. Kind words can be short and easy_______, but their echoes are truly endless.
A. to speak B. speaking C. to be spoken D. being spoken
8. Although the economy is bad, there is no excuse for the restaurant ________ substandard material.
A. to use B. being used C. using D. to be used
