Выберите подходящий вариант.  
1) ____ number of books are missing from the library.
a) a few      b) a          c) the      d) some
2) Why did they have to ______ off the meeting?
a) call       b) hold        c) bring      d) take
3) The teacher suggested everybody _______ in the discussion.
a) should take      b) would take      c) had taken      d) to take
4) A flight in  a plane is no longer such an adventure _____ it used to be.
a. like      b.  how       c.  as      d.  so 
5) I wish I ___________ more free time these days! I really need a break.
a) have    b) had    c) have had    d) had had  
6) When he was young, he _________ a lot of English literature.
a) was reading    b) used to read    c) used to have read    d) used to have been reading  
7) Jane is tired. She ___________________ for the test all night.
a) is prepared   b) was preparing    c) prepared   d) has been preparing  
8) How long _________________ for your keys?  
a) do you look    b) have you been looking  c) have you looked   d) did you look