2020年军队职称英语综合类A级其他固定搭配词汇指导(3)

Great changes ________ in the past ten years in China．
A.took place
B.have taken place
C.were taking place
D.had taken place

 

The meeting was to ________ at 9 o’clock, but the manager didn’t turn up until twenty minutes later．
A.starting
B.start
C.be started
D.have started

 

The house looks much bigger now that we ________ the walls in brighter colours．
A.are painting
B.have painted
C.had painted
D.have been painting

 

We can’t _____to wait any longer or we’ll miss the plane.
A.offer
B.avoid
C.afford
D.spare

 

The ticket ________ two people to the palace ball．
A.permits
B.admits
C.promises
D.awards
 

The boy over there is the only one of the students who ________ to Europe．
A.has been
B.have been
C.has gone
D.have gone

 

He ________ the army for 8 years so he is an experienced solider now．
A.has joined
B.had joined
C.has been in
D.was in

 

We ________ with a number of plans and will give careful consideration to all of them．
A.have been presented
B.are presenting
C.have presented
D.presented

 

Great changes ________ in our country during the past 20 years．
A.have happened
B.happened
C.have been happened
D.were happened

 

Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea， which ____ the Pacific， and we met no storms.
A.was called
B.is called
C.had been called
D.has been called