1. they haven’t arrived yet but we________them at any moment. a. are expected b. have expected c. are expecting d. will expect 解析 用现在进行时表示目前的一种状态。 答案 c 2. i think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; i’m sure he________abroad all week. a. is b. was c. has been d. had been 解析 用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即他整个星期都在国外，所以你说你在剧院见过他，你一定是搞错了。 答案 c 3. 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 “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。 答案 d 4. i tried to phone her, but even as i________she was leaving the building. a. phoned b. would phone c. had phoned d. was phoning 解析 注意even as 的意思，它表示“正当……的时候”或“恰当……的时候”。 答案 d 5. “i suppose you ________that report yet？” “i finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.” a. didn’t finish b. haven’t finished c. hadn’t finished d. wasn’t finishing 解析 注意下文语境－－事实上，我昨天就做完了。从该回答的语气上推测，填空处应填现在完成时态。 答案 b 6．—didn’t the guard see him breaking into the bank? —no, he________in the other direction. a. was looking b. had looked c. looked d. is looking 解析 表示当时正在进行的动作。 答案 a 7. how can you possibly miss the news? it ________on tv all day long. a. has been b. had been c. was d. will be 解析 表示目前一种持续的状态。 答案 a 8. “i thought you might have got drunk.” “yes, i________.” a. almost have
