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1) After searching for half an hour, she realized that her glasses____ on the table all the time.

A) were lain B) had been lain C) are lying D) had been lying

2) By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I____ for Shanghai.

A) shall have left B) will leave C) am leaving D)have already left

3) 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 sold C) had not sold D) don't sell

4) Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they____ better health.

A) could have enjoyed B) have enjoyed

C) have been enjoyed D)are enjoying

5) I decided to go to the library as soon as I____.

A) finish what I did B) finished what I did

C) finished what I was doing D)would finish what I was doing

6) Julia hadn't reached the restaurant when Jim____ there.

A)got B) has got C) had got D) had been

7) 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 side

C) have been side by side living D) have been living side by side

8) When the final grades were posted, Max____ that he had passed the physics exam after all.

A) discovers B) discovered C) had discovered D) has discovered

9)I____ you the book as soon as possible, I promise you.

A) would send B) will send C) sent D) send

10) We____ down when she__ __plates of food for us.

A) had hardly sat, had bought B) hardly sat, bought

C) hardly sat, had bought D) had hardly sat, bought

11) When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. “____? ”

A) Where have you been B) Where have you been to

C) Where did you go D) Where were you

12) As my mother____ here before, I went to meet her at the railway station.

A) had never been B) has never been C) had been never D) never was

13) Our team____ every match so far this year, but we still have three more games to play.

A) was winning B) has won C) had won D) wins

14) He____ for three years.

A) has joined the army B) has been in the army

C) has been serving in the army D) joined the army

15) 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) allow C) allowing D) allows

16) The car____ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about ten o'clock tonight.

A) would go B) went C) will be going D) goes

17) The company____ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A) is promised B) is promising C) has been promising D) promised

18) No sooner had he sat down than the telephone____.

A) rings B) was ringing C) rang D) hand rung

19) 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 fight C) be fought D) fought

20) Mr. James____ a city bus for over twenty-five years before retirement.

A) is driving B) drove C) has driven D) drives

21) I____ a radio talk on Shakespeare when my uncle came home and started shouting at the top

of his voice.

A) was hearing B) heard C) was listening to D) listened to

22) He____ novels, whenever his wife goes shopping.

A) is reading B) reads C) has read D) has been reading

23)I am not sure whether tomorrow he____ the meeting or not, as he has not been here lately.

A) attend B) attends C)will attend D) attended

24)I____ that she will pass the final examination.

A) expect B) have expected C) had expected D) was expected

25) They thought it____ fun to take the car.

A) can be B) would be C) will be D) has been

26)She reminded me that Bangkok____ the capital of Thailand.

A)is B)was C)had been D)have been

27)“Let's hurry. The president is coming.” “Oh, I am afraid that we____.”

A) already miss him B) had already missed him

C) will miss him already D) have already missed him

28) She was told the examination____ on Friday.

A) will be given B)would be given C) to be given D) is given

29)They believed that by using computers the production of their factory____.

A) will already increase B) would greatly increase

C) would be increased greatly D) will have been greatly increased

30)You won't know if it fits you before you____ it on.

A) will try B) are trying C) try D) have tried

31)We____ your terms carefully but____ to say that we cannot accept them.

A) are studying…regret B) have studied…are regretting

C) have studied…regret D) have been studying…have regretted

32) James has just arrived, but I didn't know he___ _until yesterday.

A) will come B) was coming C) had been coming D) came

33) By the time you arrive tonight, I____ for several hours.

A) had studied B) have been studied

C) had been studying D) will have been studying

34)According to the timetable, the train for Shanghai ____ at seven o'clock in the evening.

A) leaves B) has left C) was left D) will leave

35)I can't find my dictionary. I wonder whether Mary ____ it now.

A) have B) has C) is shavings D) had

36))Mr. Harris said that he____ to the supermarket before going home.

A) will go B) had gone C) would go D) is to go

37)It was not until then that I came to know that knowledge____ only from practice.

A) had B) has come C) came D) comes

38)You____ the difficulties when I finish telling you the whole story.

A) will be seen B) will have seen C) will see D) see

39) She is studying medical science now, but she____ a lawyer.

A) used to be B) would be C) formerly were D) had been

40) 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 leave C) had left D) has left

时态部分练习题答案

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

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1.“I don’t like to travel. ”“Have you ever _____ in an airplane?”

a. flying

b. flew

c. flowed

d. flown

2.The center of gravity of the human body ______ behind his joint.

a. located

b. locating

c. to locate

d. is located

3.“Today is very cold, isn’t it?” “Yes, the river is _____ over.”

a. freezed

b. freeze

c. frozen

d. freezing

4.“What happened in that new area?” “New houses ______ recently over there.”

a. are built

b. build

c. have built

d. have been built

5.“When did you go to work?” “As soon as they came, we ______ to work.”

a. went

b. were going

c. had gone

d. go

6.“Did you wait for him very long?” “Yes, I ______ to bed until five in the morning.”

a. did go

b. didn’t go

c. had gone

d. went

7.Perhaps it will be a long time ______ from abroad.

a. when Tom comes back

b. when Tom will come back

c. before Tom comes back

d. that Tom comes back

8.Tom ______ mathematics throughout his college life.

a. bored

b. bored with

c. was bored

d. was bored with

9.______ that dress when I first saw you at the station?

a. Were you wearing

b. Have you worn

c. Did you wear

d. do you wear

10.Mr Wu ______ to work by bus every day.

a. has been traveling

b. has traveled

c. travels

d. is traveling

11.Don’t disturb him. He ______ to t he weather forecast.

a. listens

b. is being listened

c. has listened

d. is listening

12.My English teacher ______ my test.

a. has not yet graded

b. has not yet been graded

c. is not yet to be graded

d. is not yet graded

13.We ______ on it for many hours, but we have not yet reached any conclusion.

a. are being worked

b. are working

c. have been working

d. have been wor

ked

14.Shanghai ______ on the Huangpu River.

a. stand

b. stands

c. is being stand

d. has stood

15.“Tell the students to stop shouting. We ______ our essays now.”

a. write

b. have been writing

c. are writing

d. have written

16.“______ your best? It’s not satisfactory. I’m afraid you will have to do it again.”

a. Do you try

b. Have you tried

c. Are you trying

d. Have you been trying

17.Chinese married couple _____ red packets to children and the unmarried during the

Chinese new Year.

a. give

b. have been giving

c. are giving

d. have given

18.My uncle, Sam,______ manager of the firm.

a. has just made

b. is just being made

c. has just been made

d. is just made

19.This is the first time the students ______ to Hyde Park.

a. have gone

b. have been gone

c. have been going

d. are being gone

20.She ______ her mother’s wor k since she was admitted into hospital.

a. is doing

b. has been doing

c. has done

d. has been done

21.I ______ the incident as if it were yesterday.

a. am still to remember

b. have still been remembering

c. am being still remembered

d. still remember

22.I ______ swimming in the river and I always _____ to swim when I can.

a. am liking/have gone

b. am being liked/am going

c. like/go

d. have liked/have been going

23.We have sometimes accidents on this line, but no accidents ______ since last winter.

a. occur

b. have occurred

c. have been occurring

d. are occurring

24.He _____ on this essay for twenty minutes but he _____ only a hundred words.

a. has been working/has written

b. is working/writes

b. has worked/has been writing d. works/is writing

25.Elections _______ every four years and Congress meets once a year.

a. are taken place

b. are to be taken place

c. took place

d. take place

26.______ careless, or you will make mistakes.

a.Be not

b. Not be

c. Don’t

d. Don’t be

27.The No.8 bus ______ to Chengdu college of Geology, and not to Sichuan University.

a. are gone

b. is being gone

c. goes

d. are going

28.Oil, exported from Iran to Europe, _____ by tankers.

a. used to be transported/have been built up

b. used to being transported/have built up

c. was used to be transported/had been built up

d. was used to being transported/will be built up

29.If it ______,the match will be postponed.

a. has been rained

b. does rain

c. rains

d. is rained

30.As soon as I ______ the tools, I shall begin with the work.

a. have

b. am having

c. have been having

d. have been had

31.Once you ______ the knack of it, you will have no further difficulty.

a. shall have

b. had had

c. are having

d. have

32.Every time he ______ me, he is rude to me.

a. will see

b. sees

c. is seeing

d. is seen

33.John told Mary that he ______ what he was doing during the vacation.

a. was just asked

b. was just asking

c. had just been asked

d. had just asked

34.Now that you _______ , what are you going to do?

a. are being returned

b. have been returning

c. have been returned

d. have returned

35.I started my teaching career at the school. That was more than twenty years ago, and

I ______ there ever since.

a. was

b. had been

c. will be

d. have been

36.Everything on the earth ______ all the time.

a. is changing

b. is changed

c. has changed

d. has been changed

37.We ______ fine weather for the past few days.

a. have

b. are having

c. have been had

d. have been having

38.It ______ every day so far this month.

a. is raining

b. rains

c. has rained

d. has been rained

39.no one can prove that the earth ______ not round.

a. is being

b. is to be

c. is

d. has been

40.“There she ______!We needn’t wait any longer.”

a. comes

b. has been come

c. has been coming

d. is to come

41.The little girl ______ by the drug-pusher to carry drugs into the country.

a. was made use

b. was made used

c. was made use of

d. was made used of

42.I shall tell you what he ______ at three o’clock yesterday afternoon.

a. had done

b. would do

c. was doing

d. had been done

43.By the end of last year they ______ 1,000 machines.

a. turned out

b. had turned out

c. would turn out

d. had been turned out

44.He was sixty-eight. In two years he ______ seventy.

a. would be

b. was

c. had been

d. was being

45.How long ago ______ playing football?

a. had you stopped

b. would you stop

c. did you stop

d. were you stopping

46.Up till then we ______ half the distance.

a. had only covered

b. covered

c. would only cover

d. would be only covered

47.While I ______ television, the door bell ______.

a. watched/would ring

b. would watch/had rung

b. was watching/rang d. had been watched/was ringing

48.They ______ with us for the time being.

a. would stay

b. will stay

c. have been staying

d. will be staying

49.I never dreamed I ______ here discussing state affairs with the other deputies.

a. will be sitting

b. would be sitting

c. will have been sitting

d. would have been sitting

50.John told us that by the end of the year they ______ together for thirty years.

a. would have been living

b. would have lived

c. would have been lived

d. will have been living

51.The new type of machine ______ the year after next.

a. is going to turn out

b. is going to being turned out

b. is going to have turned out d. is going to be turned out

52. Large sums of money ______ each year in painting the steelwork of bridges, ships, and other exposed structures.

a. have spent

b. have to be spent

c. have to spend

d. spend

53. The police ______ in what the informer reported.

a. interested

b. had interested

c. were interesting

d. were interested

54.A candidate for the post ______ at the moment.

a. is interviewing

b. being interviewing

c. interviewing

d. is being interviewed

55.By the end of last year the railway ______.

a. was being completed

b. would be completed

b. had been completed d. had completed

56.I ______ to visit their country before long.

a. have been invited

b. am being invited

c. had been invited

d. shall be invited

57. Theory ______ with practice.

a. must be combining

b. must combine

c. must have been combined

d. must be combined

58. He said such a thing ______ to happen.

a. ought to be not allowed

b. ought not to be allowing

b. ought not to have allowed d. ought not to be allowed

59. She told me that her proposal ______.

a. needed to take into consideration

b. needed to be taken into consideration

c. needed to be taking into consideration

d. needed to have taken into consideration

60.The school authorities and the teachers ___ over the advantages of the demerit system.

a. were always argued

b. were always arguing

b. had always had argued d. had always been argued

61.He fulfilled the plan earlier than he ______.

a. had expected

b. expecting

c. should expect

d. would expect

62.______ when the bell rang.

a. Hardly would he reach school

b. Hardly had he reached school

c. Hardly he reached school

d. Hardly he was reaching school

63. We were determined not to do it unless Julie ______ it, too.

a. had done

b. was doing

c. was done

d. did

64. They were sure they ______ final victory.

a. were won

b. would be won

c. would win

d. had been won

65. When ______ to give us an answer?

a. will you be able

b. will you have been able

c. will you able

d. will you have abled

66.We ______ on the project by the end of next week.

a. shall have finished to work

b. shall finish to work

c. shall have finished working

d. shall finish working

67.He ______ for six years by the time he takes his examination.

a. shall have finished to work

b. shall finish to work

b. shall have finished working d. shall finish working

68.I promise you that I ______ you a present next week.

a. will give

b. will have given

c. shall give

d. shall have given

69.I hope that she ______ to the demands of the naughty boys.

a. will not have agreed

b. will not be agreed

c. will not agree

d. will not have been agreed

70.In the long run your money ______ in bonds.

a. was more safely invested

b. is more safely invested

b. will be more safely invested d. are more safely invested

71.Mr.Wilson asked me if these islands ______ to Japan.

a. belong

b. are belonging

c. are belonged

d. have been belonged

72.Before the end of the nineties, air pollution ______ a serious problem that endangers the health of the human race.

a. will be become

b. will become

c. will have become

d. will have been become

73.The train ______ at eight tonight.

a. will be started

b. will have started

c. shall be started

d. starts

74.We ______ an English evening tonight.

a. are being having

b. are having

c. will be had

d. shall be had

75.They ______ for Beijing for practice.

a. are leaving

b. are being left

c. will have left

d. will be left

76._____ me or aren’t you?

a. Will you help

b. Shall you help

c. Are you going to help

d. Will you have helped

77.A new power station ______ there.

a. will be going to build

b. is going to be built

c. will be gone to build

d. is gone to be built

78.______ a meeting this afternoon.

a. There going to be

b. There will be going to be

b. There is going to be d. There will going to be

79.We ______ a new experiment this afternoon.

a. shall be to perform

b. will be to perform

c. are to be performed

d. are to perform

80.The government _____ to approve the use of widespread surveillance when the Justice

Department took objections.

a. is going

b. had been

c. was about

d. is coming

81. You ought to _____ a test in physics the day before, I think.

a. have taken

b. take

c. be taken

d. be taking

82 .Kepler proved that the sun ______ the center of the solar system.

a. is

b. was

c. had been

d. would be

83.This is one of the best novels that ______ this year.

a. appears

b. is appearing

c. has appeared

d. have appeared

84. My friend ______ here last week, but he couldn’t.

a. was to have come

b. must have come

c. came

d. had to come

85.He did not arrive until the meeting was nearly over, for the simple reason is that he _

____ asleep while watching television.

a. had fallen

b. has fallen

c. fell

d. was falling

86. We had hardly sat down when she ______ plates of food for us.

a. brought

b. has brought

c. had brought

d. was bringing

87.A friend of mine returned to his house after a holiday ,only to find it ______.

a. be broken into

b. was broken into

c. had broken into

d. had been broken into

88.“What were you doing when Anna phoned you?”

“I had just finished my work and ______ to take a bath.”

a. starting

b. to start

c. have started

d. was starting

89.“Have you gone to see the doctor?”

“No, but ______.”

a. I go

b. I am going to see

c. I go to see

d. I’m going to

90.Each time you look at an object, you ______ a picture.

a. took

b. are taking

c. take

d. have taken

91.Water pipes ______ rusty after a period of use.

a. become

b. is becoming

c. are become

d. were become

92.This foreign scientist ____ in our college for fifteen years and does not want to leave.

a. worked

b. is working

c. works

d. has been working

93.______ to have dinner with us tonight?

a. Will you like

b. Do you like

c. Wouldn’t you like

d. Won’t you like

94.What I was uncertain about ______ whether they could overcome the difficulties.

a. is

b. will be

c. had been

d. was

95.“Certainly,______ him about something else in any case, so it won’t be any bother.”

a. I’ll see

b. I see

c.I can see

d. I’ll be seeing

96.By the time the course ends,______ a lot about Britain.

a. we’ll learnt

b. we are learning

c. we have learnt

d. we’ll have learnt

97.All the machines ______ by the end of the following week.

a. were repaired

b. would be repaired

c. will have been repaired

d. were being repair

98.He will come to call one you the moment he ______ his work.

a. will finish

b. finishes

c. had finished

d. finished

99.I don’t think she’ll be upset, but I’ll see her in case ________.

a. she’ll

b. she is

c. she does

d. she would

100.“I wish that your sister would come to visit me.”

“Well, I’ll tell her when I ______ her.”

a. see

b. saw

c. well see

d. would see

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