英语四级语法之时态练习题

1) After searching for half an hour, she realized that her glasses ____ on the table all the time.A) were lain B) had been lainC) are lying D)had been lying2) By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I ____ for Shanghai.A) shall have left B) will leaveC) am leaving D)have already left3) I bought a new house last year, but I ____ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.A) didn't sell B) have not soldC) had not sold D) don't sell4) Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ____ better health.A) could have enjoyed B) have enjoyedC) have been enjoyed D)are enjoying5) I decided to go to the library as soon as I ____ .A) finish what I did B) finished what I didC) finished what I was doing D) would finish what I was doing6) Julia hadn't reached the restaurant when Jim ____ there.A)got B) has got C) had got D) had been7) Even though they ____ for twenty years, the two neighbors are not on good terms.A) have been lived side by side B) had been living side by sideC) have been side by side living D) have been living side by side8) When the final grades were posted, Max ____ that he had passed the physics exam after all.A) discovers B) discoveredC) had discovered D) has discovered9) I ____ you the book as soon as possible, I promise you.A) would send B) will sendC) sent D) send10) We ____ down when she ____ plates of food for us.A) had hardly sat, had bought B) hardly sat, boughtC) hardly sat, had bought D) had hardly sat, bought11) When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. ____ ?A) where have you been B) where have you been toC) where did you go D) where were you12) As my mother ____ here before, I went to meet her at the railway station.A) had never been B) has never beenC) had been never D) never was13) Our team ____ every match so far this year, but we still have three more games to play.A) was winning B) has wonC) had won D) wins14) He ____ for three years.A) has joined the arm B) has been in the armyC) has been serving in the army D) joined the army15) The growth of part time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, ____ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.A) have allowed B) allowC) allowing D) allows16) The car ____ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about ten o'clock tonight.A) would go B) wentC) will be going D) goes17) The company ____ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.A) is promised B) is promisingC) has been promising D) promised18) No sooner had he sat down than the telephone ____ .A) rings B) was ringingC) rang D) hand rung19) I hope the time is not far off that they shall ____ for the betterment of the working class.A) make to fight B) be made to fightC) be fought D) fought20) Mr. James ____ a city bus for over twenty-five years before retirement.A) is driving B) droveC) has driven D) drives21) I ____ a radio talk on Shakespeare when my uncle came home and started shouting at the top of his voice.A) was hearing B) heardC) was listening to D) listened to22) He ____ novels, whenever his wife goes shopping.A) is reading B) r eadsC) has read D) has been reading23) I am not sure whether tomorrow he ____ the meeting or not, as he has not been here lately.A) attend B) attendsC) will attend D) attended24) I ____ that she will pass the final examination.A) expect B) have expectedC) had expected D) was expected25) They thought it ____ fun to take the car.A) can be B) would beC) will be D) has been26) She reminded me that Bangkok ____ the capital of Thailand.A) is B)was C)had been D)have been27) “Let's hurry. The president is coming.”“Oh, I am afraid that we ____.”A) already miss him B) had already missed himC) will miss him already D) have already missed him28) She was told the examination ____ on Friday.A) will be given B)would be givenC) to be given D) is given29) They believed that by using computers the production of their factory ____ .A) will already increase B) would greatly increaseC) would be increased greatly D) will have been greatly increased30) You won't know if it fits you before you ____ it on.A) will try B) are tryingC) try D) have tried31) We ____ your terms carefully but ____ to say that we cannot accept them.A) are studying…regret B) h ave studied…are regrettingC) have studied…regret D) h ave been studying…have regretted32) James has just arrived, but I didn't know he ____ until yesterday.A) will come B) w as comingC) had been coming D) came33) By the time you arrive tonight, I ____ for several hours.A) had studied B) have been studiedC) had been studying D) will have been studying34) According to the timetable, the train for Shanghai ____ at seven o'clock in the evening.A) leaves B) has leftC) was left D) will leave35) I can't find my dictionary. I wonder whether Mary ____ it now.A) have B) hasC) is having D) had36)) Mr. Harris said that he ____ to the supermarket before going home.A) will go B) had goneC) would go D) is to go37) It was not until then that I came to know that knowledge ____ only from practice.A) had B) has comeC) came D) c omes38) You ____ the difficulties when I finish telling you the whole story.A) will be seen B) will have seenC) will see D) see39) She is studying medical science now, but she ____ a lawyer.A) used to be B) would beC) formerly were D)had been40) It is reported that by the end of this month, the output of cement in the factory ____ by about 10%.(CET-4 1996,1)A) will have risen B) has risenC) will be risen D) has been rising41) My train arrives in New York at eight o'clock. The plane I would like to take from there ____ by then. (CET-4 1998,6)A) will have left B) would leaveC) had left D) has left时态部分练习题1) D 2) A 3) B 4) B 5) C 6) A 7) D 8) B 9) B 10) D 11) D 12) A 13) B 14) B 15) D 16)C 17) C 18) C 19) B 20) C 21) C 22) B 23) C 24) A 25) B 26) A 27)D 28) B 29) C 30) C 31) C 32) B 33) D 34) A 35) B 36) C 37) D 38) C 39) A 40) A 41) A。