高中英语语法易错题：动词时态陷阱题

高中英语语法易错题：动词时态陷阱题

高中英语语法易错题：动词时态陷阱题 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎      1. Look at that little boy wandering about — perhaps he _____ his mother.‎ ‎      A. will lose B. is losing ‎      C. had lost D. has lost ‎      2. It’s good that we _____ to the park because it’s started to rain.‎ ‎      A. don’t go B. hadn’t gone ‎      C. didn’t go D. wasn’t going ‎      3. I _____ for five minutes; why don’t they come?‎ ‎      A. am calling B. called ‎      C. was calling D. have been calling ‎      4. You _____ your turn so you’ll have to wait.‎ ‎      A. will miss B. have missed ‎      C. are missing D. had missed ‎      5. We _____ to move but are still considering where to go to.‎ ‎      A. are deciding B. decided ‎      C. have decided D. had decided ‎      6. I left my pen on the desk and now it’s gone; who _____ it?‎ ‎      A. took B. has taken ‎      C. will take D. had taken ‎      7. They won’t buy any new clothes because they _____ money to buy a new car.‎ ‎      A. save B. were saving ‎      C. have saved D. are saving ‎      8. I _____ your last point — could you say it again?‎ ‎      A. didn’t quite catch B. don’t quite catch ‎      C. hadn’t quite catch D. can’t quite catch ‎      9. You’ll never guess who I met today — my old teacher! We _____ for 20 years.‎ ‎      A. don’t meet B. haven’t met ‎      C. hadn’t met D. couldn’t meet ‎      10. I feel sure I _____ her before somewhere.‎ ‎      A. was to meet B. have met ‎      C. had met D. would meet ‎      11. They haven’t arrived yet but we _____ them at any moment.‎ ‎      A. are expected B. have expected ‎      C. are expecting D. will expect ‎      12. I think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; I’m sure he _____ abroad all week.‎ ‎      A. is B. was 5‎ ‎      C. has been D. had been ‎      13. The students _______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she _______ in the office.‎ ‎      A. had written, left　 B. were writing, has left ‎      C. had written, had left　 D. were writing, had left ‎      14. I tried to phone her, but even as I _____ she was leaving the building.‎ ‎      A. phoned B. would phone ‎      C. had phoned D. was phoning ‎      15. “I suppose you _____ that report yet?” “I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.”‎ ‎      A. didn’t finish B. haven’t finished ‎      C. hadn’t finished D. wasn’t finishing ‎      16. —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 ‎      17. How can you possibly miss the news? It _______ on TV all day long.‎ ‎      A. has been B. had been ‎      C. was D. will be ‎      18. “I thought you might have got drunk.” “Yes, I ______.”‎ ‎      A. almost have B. almost had ‎      C. almost did D. might have ‎      19. You ______ television. Why not do something more active?‎ ‎      A. always watch B. are always watching ‎      C. have always watched D. have always been watching ‎      20. “I took part in the TOEFL. It was really hard.” “Did you ______ a lot?”‎ ‎      A. Have you studied B. Did you study ‎      C. Had you studied D. Do you study ‎      21. “What’s your opinion on the matter, please?” “Oh, sorry, I _______.”‎ ‎      A. wasn’t to listen B. haven’t listened ‎      C. wasn’t listening D. hadn’t listened ‎      22. “Aha, you’re a chain smoker!” “Only at home. Nobody _______ that but you.”‎ ‎      A. discovered B. had discovered ‎      C. discovers D. is discovering ‎      23. The telephone _______ three times in the last hour, and each time it ________ for my father.‎ ‎      A. had rang; was B. has rung; was ‎      C. rang; has been D. has been ringing; is ‎      24. The thief tried to break away from the policeman who ______ him, but failed.‎ 5‎ ‎      A. has held B. had held ‎      C. was holding D. would hold ‎      25. When I arrived at the company, the manager ______, so we had only time for a few words.‎ ‎      A. just went away B. had gone away ‎      C. was just going away D. has just gone away ‎      26. “John took a photograph of you just now.” “Oh, really? I ______.”‎ ‎      A. didn’t know B. wasn’t knowing ‎      C. don’t know D. haven’t known ‎      27. “Mike is not coming to the football game this afternoon.” “It’s a shame! He _______!”‎ ‎      A. promises B. promised ‎      C. will promise D. had promised ‎      28. Please call again. Jim _______ a bath just now.‎ ‎      A. has had B. was having ‎      C. is having D. has ‎      29. “Was Andrew there when you arrived?” “Yes, but he ______ home soon afterwards.”‎ ‎      A. had gone B. has gone ‎      C. is going D. went ‎      30. “Where is Mother.” “She is in the kitchen. She _______ the housework all morning.”‎ ‎      A. is doing B. was doing ‎      C. has done D. has been doing ‎      31. The books, ________ the dictionaries, must be put back where they ________.‎ ‎      A. included; were B. to include; are ‎      C. including; were D. including; are ‎     ‎ 5‎ 答案与解析 ‎      1. 选D。根据那个小男孩徘徊的现象，推知他可能是找不到妈妈了。用现在完成时表示结果。‎ ‎      2. 选C。句意为“好在我们(刚才)没有去公园，因为天(现在)已经开始下雨了”。‎ ‎      3. 选D。用现在完成进行时表示持续到现在的一段时间。‎ ‎      4. 选B，用现在完成时表示结果，即你已经错过了机会，其结果是：你只能等。‎ ‎      5. 选C。用现在完成时表示影响。‎ ‎      6. 选B。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即现在笔不见了，是由于某人已经把它拿走了的结果。‎ ‎      7. 选D。用现在进行时表示现在正在进行的动作。‎ ‎      8. 选A。从下文的语境看，既然现在叫对方重复一遍，说明“没听清对方的最后一点”应发生在过去(即说此话之前)。‎ ‎      9. 选B。用现在完成时表示从过去持续到现在的一段时间。‎ ‎      10. 选B。before 用作副词时不与具体时间连用，泛指“以前”，通常与一般过去时或现在完成时连用。‎ ‎      11. 选C。用现在进行时表示目前的一种状态。‎ ‎      12. 选C。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即他整个星期都在国外，所以你说你在剧院见过他，你一定是搞错了。‎ ‎      13. 选D。“把书忘在办公室”发生在“去取书”这一过去的动作之前，因此“忘了书”这一动作发生在过去的过去，用过去完成时。句中when表示的是时间的一点，表示在“同学们正忙于……”这一背景下，when所引导的动作发生。因此前一句应用过去进行时。‎ ‎      14. 选D。注意even as 的意思，它表示“正当……的时候”或“恰当……的时候”。‎ ‎      15. 选B。注意下文语境——事实上，我昨天就做完了。从该回答的语气上推测，填空处应填现在完成时态。‎ ‎      16. 选A。表示当时正在进行的动作。‎ ‎      17. 选A。表示目前一种持续的状态。‎ ‎      18. 选C。句中的 might have got drunk是对过去情况的推测，故答句所指的情况也应在过去，故选C。‎ ‎      19. 选B。always 与进行时态连用，可以表示高兴、满意、抱怨、厌恶等感情色彩。‎ ‎      20. 选C。根据took的时态可知，“参加托福考试”发生在过去;而对方问“是否努力学习过?”这肯定问的是参加考试以前的事，故用过去完成时。‎ ‎      21. 选C。“没听”肯定是刚才的事，所以应用过去时态。‎ ‎      22. 选C。答句陈述的是客观事实，故用一般现在时态。‎ ‎      23. 选B。按英语语法，“in the last [past]+一段时间”通常与现在完成时连用。‎ 5‎ ‎      24. 选C。用过去进行时表示当时在持续的一种状态。‎ ‎      25. 选C。由于下文说we had only time for a few words，说明“经理”正准备离开。‎ ‎      26. 选A。“不知道”是对方告诉自己之前的事，故用一般过去时。‎ ‎      27. 选B。根据语境，他“答应”发生在过去，故用一般过去时。‎ ‎      28. 选C。just now 有两个意思：一是表示“刚才”，此时just now 为习语;二是表示“现在”、“眼前”、“就在此时”，此时 just 意为“正好”、“恰好”，用以修饰副词now。根据句子语境，句中的 just now 应取上面的第二个意思。‎ ‎      29. 选D。Andrew“回家”发生在你见到他(发生在过去)之后不久。‎ ‎      30. 选 D。现在完成进行时表示从过去至今一直在持续的动作。‎ ‎      31. 选 C。第一空including不填 included，因为其后带有宾语;第二填 were，是因为它是指“原来放的地方” 。 ‎ ‎ ‎ 5‎