【英语】一般过去时测试题

15．(天津) Only when Lily walked into the office_________that she had left the contract at home.
A．she realizedB．has she realized
C．she has realizedD．did she realize
16．The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for almost twenty years.
A．livedB．was livingC．has livedD．had lived
【答案】A
【解析】
考查时态题。根据who引导的定语从句可知，该记者已经回到了美国，可知住在中国20年，是过去的事情。故用A.
17．Only when the police showed her the evidence ________ that she had stolen the money.
A．she admittedB．she had admitted
C．had been blamed D．have been blamed
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词时态。句意：2017年8月台风“天鸽‘给中国东南部地区带来强风和洪水，暴风雨导致几人死亡。根据句中明显的过去的时间状语August, 2017，可知用一般过去时。故选A。
3．122．With bans on fireworks, at one point, almost 300 cities across my country ____ rules banning the use of fireworks.
10．I _______ you not to touch my ink---now it’s spilt and my paperwork has been spoiled.
A．tell. B．have told. C．told. D．was telling.
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词时态。句意：我告诉过你不要碰我的墨水——现在墨水泼出来了，我的文件也被弄脏了。此处强调过去发生的事，用一般过去时。故选C.
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】
考查时态。句意：在商店楼上的一个房间里，将举行一个聚会，一些工人正忙着摆桌子。where引导的定语从句中，主语a party和hold之间是被动关系，且表示将来，用“be+动词不定式的被动式”，再根据主句时态were busily setting，可知答案为A。
12．The matches of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be played in 2019 all around France, whose men’s team _____ the 2018 World Cup.
--- Yes. My workers and I _____ on it for over nine months.
A．have worked B．have been working
C．worked D．had worked
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】
考查时态。句意：—你们还没有建好下学期要用的教学楼吗?—是的。我和我的员工花了九个多月的时间来做这件事。结合句意可知这里在讲一件过去的事情，所以句子用一般过去时态，故选C。
6．---- Have you ever been to Provence which is home to lavender(薰衣草) in Paris?
---- Yes, only once. I ________ there for a week.
A．had stayed B．were staying C．have stayed D．stayed
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】
考查倒装。句意：只有当莉莉走进办公室的时候，她才意识到她把合同忘家里了。本题考查only放在句首的部分倒装，在句首的only如果后面跟了副词、介词短语或从句等状语，则主句用倒装结构。但如果only后跟的是主语，就不用倒装结构了。根据句中的其他动词时态，可判定用过去时态。故选D。
C．be; was operated on
D．was; be operated on
【答案】D
【解析】
试题分析：考查insist的用法。句意：医院里所有的医生都认为他受伤很严重，要求他立即动手术。insist作“坚决要求做某事”讲时，要用虚拟语气；当“坚持说，坚持陈述某事实”解时，用陈述语气。
考点:考查insist的用法
4．—You know quite a lot about the fashion show.
—Well, Cathy ________ it to me during lunch.
A．introduces B．introduced
C．had introduced D．will introduce
【答案】B
8．I wonder what makes him a good English teacher.
He ________ as a volunteer in the UK for two years, which helps him with his work a lot.
A．has served B．serves C．had served D．served
11．In a room above the store, where a party ______, some workers were busily setting the table.
A．was to be heldB．has been heldC．will be heldD．is being held
【英语】一般过去时测试题
一、单项选择一般过去时
1．John ________ in the United States for decades, but in the last years he has already adapted to living in China.
A．was livingB．had lived
A．winsB．won
C．has wonD．had won
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】
考查时态语态。句意：女足世界杯比赛将会在2019年于法国进行，而法国男子球队正是赢得了2018年的男足世界杯的球队。比赛是2018年赢得，因此用一般过去式，故选B。
13．Don't give up half way, and you will find the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _______.
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】
考查时态。句意：——我不知道是什么使他成为一个好的英语老师。——他在英国做了两年的志愿者，这对他的工作帮助很大。这里指在过去某段时间内发生过的事，在陈述一件过去的事实，所以用一般过去时态，故答案为D。
9．---Haven’t you finished the construction of the teaching building to be used next term?
14．All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he ____ badly wounded and that he ____ at once.
A．should be; be operated on
B．were; must be operated on
5．Ia letter once a week to my family when I was in my first college year.
A．write B．was writing
C．have written D．wrote
【答案】D
【解析】考查时态。句意：上大学一年级的时候，我每周都会给家人写一封信。根据所给动词was可知表示过去某个时间发生的事，用一般过去时。故选D.
A．have they known, come B．did they know, came
C．do they know, come D．had they known, came
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】
考查时态。句意：—他们来这儿之前认识多久了？—大约一年了。根据句意分析，他们来到这里是过去的事，他们互相了解大约一年的时间肯定发生在来这里之前，发生在过去某一动作之前的动作，应该使用过去完成时。故D选项正确。
2．Typhoon Hato brought powerful winds and flooding to the region of southeast China and several deathson the storm in August, 2017.
A．were blamed B．would be blamed
C．has livedD．Lived
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词时态。句意：约翰在美国生活了很多年，但在最近这几年中他已经适应了在中国的生活。根据living in China可知约翰现在在中国居住，再结合in the United States中时间状语for decades可知是过去的事情，故选D项。
18．The old woman who ________ in the deserted house alone for ten years has been settled in a nursing home now.