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 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

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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 arm 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

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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

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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 having 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) 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 risen C) will be risen D) has been rising

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41) 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

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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 41) A

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