根据句意，从所给出的选项中选出最佳答案。

　　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)