1、英语英语一般过去时专项及解析一、单项选择一般过去时1I wonder what makes you a successful manager.I _ as a waiter for five years，which contributes a lot to my todays work.Aserve Bhave servedChad served Dserved【答案】D【解析】试题分析：句意：我想知道是什么让你成为一个成功的经理?我做服务员5年，这对我今天的工作有很大的贡献。因为这个经理过去是服务员，所以用一般过去式，选D。考点：考查时态2Typhoon Hato brought power
2、ful winds and flooding to the region of southeast China and several deaths on the storm in August, 2017.Awere blamed Bwould be blamedChad been blamed Dhave 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。3Jessica had intended to go bungee j
3、umping, but on second thoughts, she _ the plan.Awas canceling BcancelsCcanceled Dhas canceled【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查动词时态。句意：Jessica 本打算去蹦极的，然后她想了想，又取消了该计划。由前半句 “had intended to” 可知前半句的时态为过去完成时，表示过去的过去，因此后半句为一般过去时，表示“取消计划”这一动作发生在“打算去蹦极”之后。故正确答案为C。4What do you think of the movie?Its fantastic. The only pity i
4、s that I _ the beginning of it.Amissed Bhad missed Cmiss Dwould miss【答案】A【解析】考查动词时态。从创设的语境来看电影已演完，句意“唯一的遗憾是错过了开头”说话者在陈述过去事实，构成现在和过去的对比，选A。5 The real reason why prices _ , and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem.Awere Bwill beChave been Dhad
5、 been【答案】A【解析】【详解】考查动词时态。句意：过去和现在价格一直居高不下的真正原因很复杂，简短的讨论解释这一问题无法让人满意。根据题干中“and still are”的提示可知过去价格也居高不下，故用一般过去时，表示过去的状态。故选A项。【点睛】做时态题时，考生应抓住时态标志词，即题干中明显的时间状语或已有动词的时态，利用时态呼应的原则迅速锁定正确答案。本题中已有动词的时态为一般现在时，still暗示前面用一般过去时与此呼应。C项容易误选，这里现在完成时表示从过去到现在一直是这种状态，包括了现在，与后面的一般现在时有重复部分，故排除。6After nine years working
6、 to protect Siberian tigers, Yang Jun _ his efforts recognized at the annual award ceremony in Beijing where he was named a wildlife protector.Ahad Bhad hadChas had Dhas【答案】A【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：在为保护西伯利亚虎工作了九年之后，杨军在北京举行的年度颁奖典礼上获得了“野生动物保护者”的称号。结合句意可知句子用一般过去时态，故答案为A。7Dont give up half way, and you will fin
7、d the scenery is more beautiful when you reach the destination than when you _.Astart off Bhave started offCstarted off Dwill start off【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：不要半途而废，当你到达目的地的时候，你会发现风景比你出发的时候更美。根据句意可知，start off发生在reach the destination之前，应该用一般过去时，故C项正确。8-Havent you finished the construction of the teachi
8、ng building to be used next term?- Yes. My workers and I _ on it for over nine months.Ahave worked Bhave been workingCworked Dhad 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。9They _ in Holland for ten years. Now they have settled down in Par
9、is.Alived Bhave lived Chad lived Dwere living【答案】A【解析】【详解】考查动词时态。句意：他们在荷兰生活过十年。现在他们定居在巴黎。根据后句中的现在完成时态可知，他们在荷兰生活是单纯发生的过去的事情，所以应该用一般过去时，故选A。10When I_ to the cinema, the film_ for 5 minutes.Agot, had begun Bget, will beginCgot, had been on Dgot, has been on【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：当我到达电影院时，电影已经开始了五分钟。for f
10、ive minutes为一段时间要求谓语动词要用延续性动词，故A和B先排除，而从句的动作发生在主句动作之后，从句用一般过去时态，主句用过去完成时态。故选C。11 - Where is your new home now?- In the new developed zone. But I _ downtown for five years.Alived Bhad livedChave lived Dwas living【答案】A【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：现在你的新家在哪里？在新开发区，但是我在城里住了5年。根据句意可知在城里住了5年是过去发生的事情，所以使用一般过去时。本题特别容易选C项
11、，现在完成时表示过去发生的事情对现在的影响，或者过去发生的事情延续到现在，这两点在本句中都没有显现。故A正确。12- Such a small mistake could have been avoided.- Yes. But I too nervous to see the zero.Aam Bhave beenCwas Dhad been【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：这样一个小错误本来是可以避免的。是的。但是我太紧张了，看不到零点。 由could have been avoided（本来可以避免）可知双方在谈论过去的事。故选C。13I a letter once a week
12、 to my family when I was in my first college year.Awrite Bwas writingChave written Dwrote【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.14You know quite a lot about the fashion show.Well, Cathy _ it to me during lunch.Aintroduces BintroducedChad introduced Dwill introduce
13、【答案】B【解析】考查时态。句意：你对这次时装表演知道得真多。是的，Cathy在吃午饭时给我介绍过了。从对话的语境可以判断吃午饭时为过去时间，所以用过去时。故选B。【点睛】遇到时态题时首先寻找时间标志词，如果题干中有标志性的时间状语，则往往可以根据时间状语选择相应的时态。如果没有时间状语，则可以根据语境来判断。此题根据前句“你对这次时装表演知道得真多”，可推知Cathy应该是在午饭时介绍过了，所以用过去时。15Is Peter coming?No, he_ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.Achanges BchangedCwas
14、changing Dhad changed【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：彼得来了吗？没有，刚才接到一个电话后改变主意了。根据at the last minute在最后一秒可能发生在过去，故用一般过去时。故选B。【点睛】动词的时态一直是热点，需要根据时间状语来进行确定，但本题要根据当时的语境来进行再次确认，才得到答案。首先看到第一句话Is Peter coming来了吗？可知彼得还没有来，而下句话at the last minute最后一刻，符合一般过去时的用法中的，第一条：一般过去时表示过去某个特定时间发生，并且一下子就完成了的动作（即：非持续性动作）。16Mary will no
15、t attend the party tonight.But she she would!Ahas promised BpromisedCwill promise Dpromises【答案】B【解析】考查动词的时态。玛丽今晚不参加聚会。但是她许诺她将会来。根据上文Mary will not attend the party tonight.可知，“promise”这一动作发生在过去，主语she与promise是主动关系。故选B。17That must have been a hard project?Yeah, it _ us a whole year to finish the work.A
16、took Bhas takenCtakes Dwas taking【答案】A【解析】考查时态。That must have been 是对过去情况的判断，所以 it _us a whole week to get there. 是在陈述过去的一个事件，要用过去时。句意：那一定是很长的旅程。-是的，我们花了一周才到。选A。【名师点睛】时态题的考查关键是抓住句子的上下文含义和句中的时间状语。要根据时间状语来选择合适的时态，在平时的学习中要注意积累有关时态的用法和各种时态的特殊之处。这句话的解题关键是That must have been a long trip.说明是对过去事情的推测。18-I w
17、onder what makes you a good salesperson.-I as a waiter for three years, which contribute a lot to my todays work.Aserve Bhave servedChad served Dserved【答案】D【解析】试题分析：考查时态。根据句意，做服务员是过去发生的事，因此才说对现在销售员的工作产生很多帮助，用过去式即可，句意：我想知道什么使你成为一个好的销售员。我当服务员三年，这对我现在的工作很有帮助。故选D考点：考查时态19122With bans on fireworks, at on
18、e point, almost 300 cities across my country _ rules banning the use of fireworks.Ahave Bhave had Care having Dhad【答案】D【解析】D考查动词。句意：在禁止燃放烟花爆竹的情况下，我国近300个城市禁止燃放烟花爆竹。由时间状语at one point可知是发生在过去的动作，一般过去式，故选D。点睛：时态是经常考到的知识点，在选择时一定要观察句子的时间状语，和上下语义。20How long _each other before they _here?For about a year.A
19、have they known, come Bdid they know, cameCdo they know, come Dhad 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。21Only _ as a translator _ how important it is to understand foreign cultures.Awhen did I work; I real
20、ized Bwhen I worked; I realizedCwhen did I work; did I realize Dwhen I worked; did I realize【答案】D【解析】试题分析：考查only位于句首用法。Only +状语（或从句），位于句首，用部分倒装 (即疑问句语序)，即主句倒装，句意：只有当我作为一个翻译官时我才意识到理解外国文化有多重要。故选D考点：考查only位于句首用法22The president hopes that the people will be better off when he quits than when he_.Ahas st
21、arted Bstarts Cstarted Dwill start【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：总统希望在他下台的时候人们要比他上台的时候更富有。根据句意可知他已经是总统了，那么他上台是一个过去发生的事情，故使用一般过去时。故选C项。23-Is your father still teaching at Tsinghua University?-No, he retired three months ago. But he _ at the school for thirty years.Ahas taught Bhas been teachingCtaught Dteaches
22、【答案】C【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：你父亲还在清华大学教书么？不，他三个月前退休了，但是他在那里教了三十年。根据“he retired three months ago”可知，他现在已经不再清华大学教书了，所以此处表示过去的事情，应该用一般过去时，故C项正确。【点睛】本题很多同学因为看到for thirty years而误认为应该用现在完成时，但不要忽略了语境， “he retired three months ago”表明他现在已经不在清华大学教书了，所以此处不能用现在完成时强调过去的动作对现在的影响，而应该用一般过去时表示过去的事情。24With his leg _ in the g
23、ame, Im afraid Tony cant take part in the next match.I _ his home the other day, and his mum said he was still in hospital.Ainjuring; have contacted Bbeing injured; have contactedCto be injured; contacted Dinjured; contacted【答案】D【解析】【详解】考查过去分词和动词时态。句意：因为他的腿在比赛里受伤了，恐怕Tony不能参加下一场比赛了。几天前我联系了他的家人，他妈妈说他还
24、在住院。第一空中过去分词injured表示“受伤”的状态，第二空根据所在句子的时间状语是the other day，用一般过去时，所以要填过去式contacted。故D项正确。25Not until _ the house _ that he had left the keys inside.Ahe left; realized he Bhe left; did he realizeCdid he leave; had he realized Dhe had left; did he realize【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查倒装和时态。句意：直到他离开房子，他才意识到他把钥匙忘在屋里了。N
25、ot until 在句首，句子要倒装。其结构为:Not until+从句/表时间的词+助动词+(主句)主语+谓语+。“离开房间”和“发现”两个动作是并列且过去同时发生的，所以都用一般过去时态，故选B。26Housing prices_ since a few years ago. Therefore, its time the central government _ some effective measures to bring them under control.Ahave increased; would take Bhave increased; will takeChave be
26、en increasing; takes Dhave been increasing; took【答案】D【解析】【详解】考查时态。句意：自从去年年底房价一直在上涨。因此，该是中央政府采取措施降低并控制房价的时候了。由since判断句中需要完成时，并且根据语境，房价还在上涨中，故第一空用完成进行时；第二空考查句型Its/was time that该是的时候了，从句中往往用过去时，也可以用should+动词原形；故答案是D。【点睛】1.Since自从-以来（可做介词和连词），和现在完成时态连用。He has lived here since he came. 自从他来到这里，就一直在这里住着。2
27、.It is the first(second-)time that 主语+现在完成时态+其他。意思是：第几次做某事了。如果把is改成was，则后面用过去完成时态。Its the third time that I have come to the Summer Palace.这是我第三次来到颐和园。3.Its (high) time that 主语+一般过去时态+其他。现在是该做某事的时间了。Its high time that we had lunch.现在是我们该吃午饭的时间了。4. It is/has been+一段时间+since 主语+一般过去时态+-。自从-有多长时间了。在这个句
28、型中since引导时间状语从句，从句用一般过去时态，分两种情况：（1）如果从句的动词是终止性动词leave/come/-，则表示“从动作开始到现在多长时间了。”It is three years since he began to smoke.他已经吸烟三年了。（2）如果从句的动词是持续性动词stay/smoke/live-，则表示“从动作结束到现在多长时间了”。 It is three years since he smoked.他戒烟三年了。27He was the only one of the boys who late for class.Aare BisCwere Dwas【答案】
29、D【解析】【详解】考查定语从句。句意：他是班上唯一迟到的男孩。此处the only one是先行词，第三人称单数形式，所以后面定语从句的谓语动词用单数第三人称形式，且句子是一般过去时态，故答案为D。【点睛】定语从语中one of 和the only one of 的用法。He was the only one of the boys who ( )late for school.are B. was C. were D.isHe was one of the boys who ( )late for school.are B. is C. were D. was第一句中the only one
30、 of 强调的是主句中的主语he，the only one是先行词， 所以要用单数,又是过去,所以用was。第二句中one of 强调的是boys，boys是先行词，作从句的主语，是复数并且过去，所以要用were。28That must have been a terrible experience.Yeah. I_ in the damaged car, unable to move.Awas stuck Bhave been stuckCam stuck Dhad been stuck【答案】A【解析】考查动词时态。句意为：那想必是一场恐怖的经历。是的，我被困在毁坏的车里，不能动弹。根据must have been可知，此处是对过去情况的推测，所以用一般过去时。故A项正确。29The careless driver is_for the traffic accident that_yesterday.Ato blame;happened Bto b
