时态考题精编（附解析）
1. —Your phone number again? I _______ quite catch it.
—It’s 9568442.
A. didn’t B. couldn’t C. don’t D. can’t
2. —Can I help you, sir?
—Yes. I bought this radio here yesterday, but it _______.
A. didn’t work B. won’t work C. can’t work D. doesn’t work
3. Helen _______ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband _______ home.
A. has left; comes B. left; had come
C. had left; came D. had left; would come
4. —_______ my glasses?
—Yes, I saw them on your bed a minute ago.
A. Do you see B. Had you see
C. Would you see D. Have you seen
5. I first met Lisa three years ago. She _______ at a radio shop at that time.
A. has worked B. was working
C. had been working D. had worked
6. —Is this raincoat yours?
—No, mine _______ there behind the door.
A. is hanging B. has hung C. hangs D. hung
7. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?
—I _______, but I had an unexpected visitor.
A. had B. would C. was going to D. did
8. —Who is Jerry Cooper?
—_______? I saw you shaking hands with him at the meeting.
A. Don’t you meet him yet B. Hadn’t you met him yet
C. Didn’t you meet him yet D. Haven’t you met him yet
9. —Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
—I am tired. I _______ the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted
C. have been painting D. have painted
10. —Nancy is not coming tonight.
—But she _______!
A. promises B. promised C. will promise D. had promised
11. Shirley _______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing
12. —Hey, look where you are going!
—Oh, I’m terribly sorry. _______.
A. I’m not noticing B. I wasn’t noticing
C. I haven’t noticed D. I don’t notice
13. The price _______ but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A. went down B. will go down
C. has gone down D. was going down
14. The reporter said that the UFO _______ east to west when he saw it.
A. was traveling B. traveled
C. had been traveling D. was to travel
15. —You’ve left the light on.
—Oh, so I have. _______ and turn it off.
A. I’ll go B. I’ve gone C. I go D. I’m going
16. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _______ so rapidly.
A. is changing B. has changed
C. will have changed D. will change
17. 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
18. 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
19. —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
20. 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
21. I thought Jim would say something about his school report, but he _______ it.
A. doesn’t mention B. hadn’t mentioned
C. didn’t mention D. hasn’t mentioned
22. —You’re drinking too much.
—Only at home. No one _______ me but you.
A. is seeing B. had seen C. sees D. saw
23. I’ve won a holiday for two weeks to Florida. I _______ my mum.
A. am taking B. have taken C. take D. will have taken
24. The little girl _______ her heart out because she _______ her toy bear and believed she wasn’t going to find it.
A. had cried; lost B. cried; had lost
C. has cried; has lost D. cries; has lost
25. John and I _______ friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _______ each other a couple of times before that.
A. had been; has seen B. have been; have seen
C. had been; had seen D. have been; had seen
26. It _______ long before we _______ the result of the experiment.
A. will not be; will know B. is; will know
C. will not be; know D. is; know
27. —How long _______ David and Vicky _______ married?
—For about four years.
A. were; being B. have; got C. have; been D. did; get
28. How can you possibly miss the news? It _______ on TV all day long.
A. has been B. had been C. was D. will be
29.－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
30. 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
●答案解析●
1. A。句意为“我刚才没有听清楚”。
2. D。“昨天在这买的收音机，现在坏了。”work 指机器设备的运作。
3. C。leave 应发生在 had to wait 这个过去动作之前，“过去的过去”用过去完成时；后一空用一般过去时表示过去将来。
4. D。现在完成时表示过去发生的动作对现在的影响：问话人的目的是想知道眼镜在哪里。
5. B。在三年前见到她时，她当时正在一家 radio shop 工作。
6. A。hang 表示某物“悬挂”在某处，是不及物动词；is hanging 正悬挂在。
7. C。was going to do 表示未完成的意愿：本打算做(但却没有做成)。would 无此用法。
8. D。由 I saw...可知 meet 发生在过去，且强调对现在的影响：你不是已经和他见过面了吗？
9. C。表示从过去某个时间开始一直延续到现在的动作，要用现在完成进行时。all day 是关键词。
10. B。“但她曾经答应要来的”，过去的许诺，故用一般过去时。
11. D。由“我不知道她是否已经写完了”推知，她去年“正在写”。
12. B。你提醒之前我没注意，即“我刚才没有注意”。
13. C。后文(will remain so)暗示物价已经降下来了。
14. A。过去进行时表示报告人当时所看到的情景。
15. A。从语境很容易判断用将来时。表示临时的决定只能用 will；再说，going 也不能与 turn 并列。
16. A。选择移动电话不容易，因为科学技术正在迅速发展。
17. D。“我的乒乓球是打得相当好的，但自新年以来还一直没有时间去打。”球打得好是现在已有的技能，故用一般现在时。
18. A。由 recently 和 by now 可知用现在完成时。
19. D。用一般过去时是指“我刚才没急于说”。
20. C。紧张伴随等的过程而产生，应同时发生，waited 是一般过去时，grow 也用一般过去时。
21. C。只描述过去所发生的情况，但没有强调对现在的影响，用一般过去时。
22. C。由 only at home 可知“我”只在家里喝得多，除你之外，没有人看见。谈的是现在一般性情况，故用一般现在时。
23. A。现在进行时表示按计划或安排将要发生的动作(from www.hxen.com)。
24. B。由 believed 知 cry 和 lose 都发生在过去；显然先丢后哭，丢是过去的过去。另外，cried 与 believed 为并列谓语，同为过去式。
25. D。到目前为止成为朋友八年，用现在完成时；在那次晚会相识成为朋友之前已经见过几次面，用过去完成时。
26. C。句意为：不久之后我们就会知道实验结果。在句型 It is not long before?不久之后就…)中，before 引导的是时间状语从句，用一般现在时表将来。
27. C。由 For about four years 可知，要用现在完成时，排除 A 和 D；与时间段连用，不可用 get married, 要用 be married(from www.hxen.com)。
28. A。信息句为一般现在时，根据后句中all day long判断，这显然是强调播放新闻对现在的影响，故选现在完成时。
29. C。此处指“我”的话在被打断前正在谈论的情况。表示过去某一特定的时刻在进行的动作用过去进行时态。
30. C。“迟到”用的是过去时，“没想到路面结冰”应是过去的过去。
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