高中英语 语法陷阱题800例-时态

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

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.(www.hxen.net)

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