1. The recent statistics on marriage ______ a strong response on public. A. is evoking B. are evoking C. evoked D. Evoke 来源：考试大 2. Two dimes and a penny ______ all the coins john had with him. A. is B. are C. was D. were 来源：考试大 3. More than one hundred volunteers ______ hurried to the scene to donate their blood. A. have B. has C. having D. had
4. She was crazy about swimming, half of her spare time ______ spent in the swimming pool. A. are B. is C. was D. were 来源：考试大 5. That species of birds ______ small, timid and rare. A. are B. is C. being D. been 来源：考试大 6. A wide variety of pictures ______ being displayed at the Beijing Art Galley. A. are B. Is C. was D. were 来源：考试大 7. The iron and steel industry ______ the backbone of socialist construction. A. is being B. was being C. is D. are
8. About two thirds of the world ______ inhabited by people who are severely under nourished. A. is B. are C. had been D. have been
9. All but one of the graduate assistants ______ the results of the experiment. A. understands B. understand C. had been understood D. has understood 来源：考试大 10. No boy and no girl under the age of thirteen ______ permitted to see the film. A. been B. being C. are D. is