英语时态专项练习题附讲解

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