英语时态练习题-附答案和讲解

1. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ________ to enjoy the

advantages of this new technology.

A. begin

B. began

C. have begun

D. had begun

2. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ________ advertisements showing happy

families.

A. will often see

B. often see

C. are often seeing

D. have often seen

3.

—

I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—

Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ________?

A. was leaving

B. had left

C. has left

D. left

4.

—

What were you doing when Tony phoned you?

—

I had just finished my work and________ to take a shower.

A. had started

B. started

C. have started

D. was starting

5. I ________ you not to move my dictionary

—now I can’t find it.

A. asked

B. ask

C. was asking

D. had asked

6.

—

Has Sam finished his homework today?

—

I have no idea. He ________ it this morning.

A. did

B. has done

C. was doing

D. had done

7.

—What’s that terrible noise?

—

The neighbors ________ for a party.

A. have prepared

B. are preparing

C. prepare

D. will prepare

8. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

A. had considered

B. has been considering

C. considered

D. is going to consider

9.

The

teacher,

with

6

girls

and

8

boys

of

her

class,

________

visiting

a

museum

when

the

earthquake struck.

A. was

B. were

C. had been

D. would be

10. The discussion ________ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.

A. was coming

B. had come

C. has come

D. came

11. Because the shop ________ , all the T-shirts are sold at half price.

A. has closed down

B. closed down

C. is closing down

D. had closed down

12. Let’s keep to the point or we ________ any decisions.

A. will never reach

B. have never reached

C. never reach

D. never reached

13. My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I ________ half of it.

A. was missing

B. had missed

C. will miss

D. missed

14. It is said in the book that Thomas Edison (1847

—

1931) ________ the world-leading inventor

for sixty years.

A. would be

B. has been

C. had been

D. was

15.

—

You were out when I dropped in at your house.

—

Oh, I ________ for a friend from England at the airport.

A. was waiting

B. had waited

C. am waiting

D. has waited

16. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ________ 50 million.

A. have reached

B. has reached

C. are reaching

D. had reached

17. He kept looking at her, wondering whether he ________ her somewhere.

A. saw

B. has seen

C. sees

D. had seen

18.

The

crazy

fans

________

patiently

for

two

hours

and

they

would

wait

till

the

movie

star

arrived

。

A. were waiting

B. had been waiting

C. had waited

D. would wait

19. She ________ her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job.

A. would change

B. has changed

C. changed

D. was changing

20.

The

first

use

of

atomic

weapons

was

in

1945,

and

their

power

________

increased

enormously ever since.

A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. had been

21.

—You haven’t said a word about my

new coat, Brenda. Do you like it?

—

I’m sorry I ________ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.

A. wasn’t saying

B. don’t say

C. won’t say

D. didn’t say

22. All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervousness ________.

A. has grown

B. is growing

C. grew

D. had grown

23. Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will ________ fresh for several days.

A. be stayed

B. stay

C. be staying

D. have stayed

24. How can you possibly miss the news? It ________ on TV all day long.

A. has been

B. had been

C. was

D. will be

25.

－

Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.

－

Where was I?

－

You ________ you didn

’

t like your father

’

s job.

A. had said

B. said

C. were saying

D. had been saying

26. I arrived late; I ________ the road to be so icy.

A. wouldn

’

t expect

B. haven

’

t expected

C. hadn’t expected

D. wasn’t expecting

27. I ________ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time!

A. had fallen asleep

B. have fallen asleep

C. fell asleep

D. fall asleep

28. Although he has lived with us for years, he _______ us much impression.

A. hadn’t left

B. didn’t leave

C. doesn’t leave

D. hasn’t left

29. I ________ ping-

pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.

A. will play

B. have played

C. played

D. play

30. I wonder why Jenny ________ us recently. We should have heard from her by now.

A. hasn’t written

B. doesn’t write

C. won’t write

D. hadn’t written

31. A short time before she ________ , the old lady ________ a will, leaving all her money to her

brother.

A. died; has written

B. has died; wrote

C. had died; wrote

D. died; had written

32.

—

Kate doesn’t look very well. What’s wrong with her?

—

She has a headache because she ________ too long; she ought to stop work.

A. has been reading

B. had read

C. is reading

D. was reading

33.

As

time

________

on,

Sally

began

to

wonder

if

Bruce

________

Bilks’new

poem

called

Tabled’Hute.

A. has gone; had read

B. went; has read

C. goes; has read

D. went; had read

34.

—

Mike, do you know who wanted me on the phone?

—

Sorry. I don’t know. I ________ a bath in the bathroom.

A. have had

B. was having

C. had

D. am having

35.

—

Could you tell me how your father usually goes to work?

—

Yes. If it is fine, he ________ to his office.

A. will walk

B. will go on foot

C. walks

D. would go on foot

36.

—

I called you at ten, but there was no reply.

—

Oh, that was probably when I ________ a shower.

A. am taking

B. took

C. were to take

D. was taking

37.

—

Have you ever worked with a tape recorder?

—

I ________ it a lot when I was studying French in school.

A. used

B. was used

C. have used

D. had used

38.

—

You must have met him the other day.

—

Oh, no, I ________ .

A. hadn’t

B. mustn’t

C. haven’t

D. didn’t

39.

—

Which flight ________ ?

—

I want to catch the 13:00.

A. you are to catch

B. are you catching

C. do you catch

D. have you caught

40.

—

Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?

—

Of course. What is it?

—

I ________ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.

A. had wondered

B. was wondering

C. would wonder

D. did wonder

41. How can I ever concentrate (

集中精力

) if you ________ continually ________ me with silly

questions?

A. have…interrupted

B. had

...interrupted

C. are…interrupting

D. were…interrupting

42.

—

I bought this shirt for 35 yuan yesterday.

—

It’s on sale today for only 29. You should have waited.

—

Oh, really? But how ________ I know?

A. would

B. can

C. did

D. do

43.

—

Will you go now? (from )

—

Not until I ________ my experiments.

A. will finish

B. have finished

C. will have finished

D. had finished

44.

—

Look! Someone has spilt coffee on the carpet.

—

Well, it ________ me.

A. isn’t

B. hasn’t been

C. hadn’t been

D. wasn’t

45.

—

Did you enjoy your holiday?

—

Yes, it’s the best holiday I ________ these years.

A. had

B. have had

C. had had

D. would have

46. I don’

t understand how you got a ticket. I always ________ you ________ a careful driver.

A. think; are

B. am thinking; are

C. thought; were

D. think; were

47. I really ought to go on a diet

。

I ________ on so much weight since I gave up jogging.

A. put

B. am putting

C. have put

D. had put

48. We ________ to go skiing tomorrow

，

but there

’

s no snow

，

so we

’

ll just stay home instead

。

A. are going

B. were going

C. will go

D. would go

49. At the time of the earthquake Jeff was still in his office. He ________ to finish a project before

he left for the day.

A. has tried

B. had tried

C. has been trying

D. had been trying

50. The student didn’t pay any attention to the lecture; he ________ of something else.

A. thought

B. had thought

C. would think

D. was thinking

51.

—

Such a mistake could have been avoided.

—

Unfortunately, he ________ the mistake again and again.

A. repeated

B. would repeat

C. had repeated

D. would have repeated

52.

—

Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?

—

No, but we ________ to get in touch with them ever since.

A. have tried

B. have been trying

C. had tried

D. had been trying

53. I would have come sooner but I ________ that they were waiting.

A. haven’t known

B. hadn’t known

C. don’t know

D. didn’t know

54.

－

Oh, it

’

s you, Steve! I ________ you.

－

No surprising. I

’

ve just had my hair cut. (from )

A. don’t recognize

B. haven’t recognized

C. didn’t recognize

D. hadn’t recognized

55. I’m glad to see that you ________ a lot of progress since I ________ you last.

A. will make; have met

B. have been making; met

C. had made; met

D. have made; meeting

56.

－

Have you finished your composition already?

－

Yes. I ________ it in twenty minutes.

A. have finished

B. finished

C. will finish

D. had finished

57. Once a programme ________ put into a computer, it ________ accordingly.

A. is; acts

B. is being; is acting

C. has been; will act

D. will be; acts

58.

—

What place is it?

—

Haven’t you seen that we ________ back where we ________ ?

A. were

；

had been

B. are

；

were

C. were

；

have been

D. are

；

had been

59.

—Didn’t the guard see him breaking into the bank?

—

No, he ________ in the other direction.

A. was looking

B. had looked

C. looked

D. is looking

60.

—

Have you persuaded him?

—

Yes. After some hours of discussion, I ________ to reason him in accepting the new plan.

A. had managed

B. would manage

C. have managed

D. managed

61.

—

I suppose the young beautiful actress is about 20 years old.

—

________ ! She is still a college student.

A. You guess it

B. You guessed it

C. You have it guessed

D. You’re guessing it

62.

－

The enemy spy was found at last.

－

Really? Where ________ himself?

A. had he hidden

B. did he hide

C. has he hidden

D. was he hidden

1.

B.

when

引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，

when

指

20

世纪

90

年代初， 当然用一般过去

时。

2. A.

这是“祈使句

+and +

陈述句”句 型，祈使句相当于一个条件状语从句，

and

后的陈述句

的谓语用一般将来时，这是一个较为固定的句型。

3.

D.

因为

Jane

已经度假去了，

“离开”此地就当然是在此之前的 过去某个时间了，所以用

一般过去时，选

D

。另外，

when

通常都不与完成时连用，排除