英语时态专项练习题附讲解

46. I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always ________ you ________ a careful driver.

A. think; are                         B. am thinking; are

C. thought; were                   D. think; were

47. I really ought to go on a diet。I ________ on so much weight since I gave up jogging.

A. put                                  B. am putting

C. have put                           D. had put

48. We ________ to go skiing tomorrow，but there’s no snow，so we’ll just stay home instead。

A. are going                          B. were going

C. will go                             D. would go

49. At the time of the earthquake Jeff was still in his office. He ________ to finish a project before he left for the day.

A. has tried                           B. had tried

C. has been trying                 D. had been trying

50. The student didn’t pay any attention to the lecture; he ________ of something else.

A. thought                            B. had thought

C. would think                      D. was thinking

51. —Such a mistake could have been avoided.

—Unfortunately, he ________ the mistake again and again.

A. repeated                           B. would repeat

C. had repeated                     D. would have repeated

52. —Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?

—No, but we ________ to get in touch with them ever since.

A. have tried                         B. have been trying

C. had tried                          D. had been trying

53. I would have come sooner but I ________ that they were waiting.

A. haven’t known                 B. hadn’t known

C. don’t know                      D. didn’t know

54. －Oh, it’s you, Steve! I ________ you.

－No surprising. I’ve just had my hair cut. (from www.hxen.net)

A. don’t recognize                B. haven’t recognized

C. didn’t recognize               D. hadn’t recognized

55. I’m glad to see that you ________ a lot of progress since I ________ you last.

A. will make; have met          B. have been making; met

C. had made; met                  D. have made; meeting

56. －Have you finished your composition already?

－Yes. I ________ it in twenty minutes.

A. have finished                    B. finished

C. will finish                         D. had finished

57. Once a programme ________ put into a computer, it ________ accordingly.

A. is; acts                            B. is being; is acting

C. has been; will act              D. will be; acts

58. —What place is it?

—Haven’t you seen that we ________ back where we ________ ?

A. were；had been               B. are；were      

C. were；have been              D. are；had been

59. —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

60. —Have you persuaded him?

—Yes. After some hours of discussion, I ________ to reason him in accepting the new plan.

A. had managed                    B. would manage

C. have managed                   D. managed

61. —I suppose the young beautiful actress is about 20 years old.

— ________ ! She is still a college student.

A. You guess it                      B. You guessed it

C. You have it guessed           D. You’re guessing it

62. －The enemy spy was found at last. －Really? Where ________ himself?

A. had he hidden                    B. did he hide

C. has he hidden                    D. was he hidden