[例1]— Your phone number again?I______quite catch it.
— It’s 69568442.
A.didn’t B.couldn’t C.don’t D.can’t
【解析】 答案A。本句虽没有明确的时间状语,但从语意上看出,在听的时候没有听懂这个动作发生在过去,因此应用过去时。
[例2]The students______busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she______in the office.
A.had written;left B.were writing;has left
C.had written;had left D.were writing;had left
【解析】 答案D。“把书忘在办公室”发生在“去取书”这一过去的动作之前,因此“忘了书”这一动作发生在过去的过去,用过去完成时。句中when表示的是时间的一点,表示在“同学们正忙于……”这一背景下,when所引导的动作发生。因此前一句应用过去进行时。
[例3]I assure you that your mother______as quickly as possible.Have a little patience.
A.will be attended B.will be attended to
C.is attended D.is attended to
【解析】 答案B。我向你保证你妈妈很快就会得到照顾。从时态上分析空处应为将来时,be attended to 被照顾,被动句中to不能省略。
[例4]—Do you know our town at all?
—No,this is the first time I______here.
A.was B.have been C.came D.am coming
【解析】 答案B。this is the first time 后面所加从句应为现在完成时,故选B。
[例5]—Have you ______been to our town before?
—No,it’s the first time I______here.
A.even;come B.even;have come
C.ever;come D.ever;have come
【解析】 答案D。ever意为曾经或无论何时,反意词为never,此两词常用于完成时。
[例6]My dictionary______,I have looked for it everywhere but still______it.
A.has lost;don’t find B.is missing;don’t find
C.has lost;haven’t found D.is missing;haven’t found