英语四级语法之时态练习题

1、英语四级语法之时态练习题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 n

2、ew house last year, but I _ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.A)didn't sell B)have not soldC)had not sold D)don't 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 dec

3、ided to go to the library 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 hadn't 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

4、not on good terms.A)have been 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

5、the book as soon as possible, 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

6、have you been B)where have 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)wa

7、s winning B)has wonC)had won 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 oppo

8、rtunities.A)have allowed B)allowC)allowing D)allows16) The car _ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about ten o'clock 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 promisi

9、ngC)has been promising D)promised18) 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 fo

10、r over twenty-five years before 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 rea

11、ding B)readsC)has read D)has been 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 _ fu

12、n to take the car.A)can be B)would 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) “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

13、already missed him28) She was told the 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 in

14、creased30) You won't know if it fits 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 a

15、rrived, but I didn't know he _ until yesterday.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 seve

16、n o'clock in the evening.A)leaves B)has left C)was left D)will leave35) I can't 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 th

17、en that I came to know that knowledge _ only from practice.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

18、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 o'clock. The plane I would like to take from there _ by then. (CET-4 1998,6)A)will ha