高中英语 语法陷阱题800例-时态

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.

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

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”。

【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。