英语四级语法之时态练习题

1、.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 la

2、st year, but I _ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.A)didnt sell B)have not soldC)had not sold D)dont 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 lib

3、rary 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 hadnt 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 b

4、een 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 possib

5、le, 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

6、 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 w

7、on 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

8、)allowC)allowing D)allows16) The car _ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about ten oclock 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)promis

9、ed18) 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

10、 retirement.A)is driving B)drove C)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)readsC)has read D)has be

11、en 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)wo

12、uld 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) “Lets 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 him28) She was told t

13、he 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 wont know if it fits

14、you before you _ it on.A)will try B)are trying C)try D)have tried31) We _ your terms carefully but _ to say that we cannot accept them.A)are studyingregret B)have studiedare regrettingC)have studiedregret D)have been studyinghave regretted32) James has just arrived, but I didnt know he _ until yeste

15、rday.A)will come B)was comingC)had been coming D)came33) 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 studying34) According to the timetable, the train for Shanghai _ at seven oclock in the evening.A)leaves B)has left C)

16、was left D)will leave35) I cant find my dictionary. I wonder whether Mary _ it now.A)have B)has C)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 practi

17、ce.A)had B)has come C)came D)comes38) 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 oclock. The plane I would like to take from there _ by then. (CET-4 1998,6)A)will have le