I. Choose the best answer.
1. I ______ cooked a meal when you _____ me.
A. cooked, were ringing B. was cooking, rang
C. was cooking, were ringing D. cooked, rang
2. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try
3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
A. was watching, was hearing B. watched, was hearing
C. watched, heard D. was watching, heard
4. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. were watching B. watch C. watched D.are watching
5. What book ____ you ______ when I ____ you at four yesterday afternoon?
A. did, read, was seeing B. did, read, saw
C. were, reading, saw D. were, reading, was seeing
6. Lei Feng _____ always _____ of others when he ______ in the army.
A. is, thinking, was B. was, thinking, is
C. did, think, is D. was, thinking, was
7 We ____ for tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting B. were waiting, wait
C. waited, waiting D. waited, wait
8. He ____ his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Saturday.
A. helps B. would help C. was helping D. is helping
9. While mother _______ some washing, I _____ a kite for Kate.
A. did, made B. was doing, made C. was doing, was making D. did, was making
10. “_______ you angry then?” “they ______ too much noise.”
A. are, were making B. were, were making
C. are, made D. were, made
11. He ____ some cooking at that time, so _____ me
A. did, heard B. did, didn’t hear
C. was doing, heard D. was doing, didn’t hear
12. This time yesterday jack _____ his bike. He _____ TV
A. repaired, didn’t watch B. was repairing, watched
C. repaired, watched D. was repairing, wasn’t watching
13. His parents wanted to know how he _____ on with his new classmates.
A. was getting B. gets C. is getting D. will get
14. What _____ your grandfather _____ this time yesterday ?
A. is ... doing B. was ... doing C. did .. do D. had ... done
15. ____ you ______ a meeting at four yesterday afternoon ?
A. Were ... having B. Was ... having C. Did ... have D.Do ... have
16. A: I called you at about half past eight last night , but nobody answered .
B: Oh , I ______ in my office at that time .
A. will work B. was working C. worked D. had worked
17. His family _____ TV from ten to twelve last night .
A. watched B. were watching C. had watched D. was watching
18. A: Hi , Lin Tao . I didn’t see you at the party. B: Oh, I ________ ready for the maths exam.
A. am getting B. was getting C. got D. have got
19. A: Did you notice him come in? B: No. I _____ a football game.
A. have watched B. had watched C. am watching D. was watching
20. You must tell us what you _______ at ten yesterday evening .
A. did B. was doing C. were done D. were doing
21. He asked _______ outside .
A. who are singing B. who was singing
C. who singing was D. who is singing
22. A: How did the accident happen ?
B: You know , it ______ difficult to see the road clearly because it _____ .
A. was …. was raining B. is … has rained
C. is … is raining D. will be … will rain
23. She_________ apples in her garden when I_________ to see her yesterday.
A. picked,went B. was picking, went
C. picked,was going D. was picking,was going
24. She _____ the room when I went to see her .
A. doesn’t clean B. isn’t cleaning C. didn’t cleaning D. wasn’t cleaning
25. The Reads _______ lunch when I got to their house .
A . were having B. was having C. are having D. is having
26. I ____ an old friend of mine when I ______ in the street yesterday afternoon .
A. met... was walking B. was meeting ... walked
C. was meeting ... was walking D. met ... walked
27. One day when I _______ the post office , I _____ my uncle .
A. pass... say B. was passing ... saw
C. passed ... was seeing D. am passing ... am seeing
28. The student ___ to move the bag of rice __ he heard the sound of a motorbike .
A. was running... when B. was running ... while
C. runs ... when D. ran ... while
29. Mark ________ while he ________ up and down.
A. falls...is jumping B. fell...was jumping
C. was falling...was jumping D. felt...was jumping
30. While she ______ TV in the sitting room , the bell ______ .
A. watches … rings B. is watching … rang
C. was watching … rang D. watched … was ringing
31. The little girl was ______ her cat while her mother was _____ the piano .
A. playing … playing B. playing … playing with
C. playing with …playing D. playing with …playing with
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. I _____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.
2. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and peter ____(do) the same thing.
3. What _____ you ___ (do) at that time? We _____ (watch) TV.
4. They _____(not make) a model ship when I saw him.
5. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon?
No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.
6. ______ it ______(rain) when you left school? Yes, it ____. (No, it ____)
7. What _____ your father _____ (do) when he was your age?
8. One day, Edison _____ (wait) for a train to arrive, and suddenly a little boy ran to the track(轨道) to play.
9. He asked me if I ______ (go) fishing that afternoon.
10. The three of them were in a hurry because their plane _____ (leave) in five minutes.
11. In a letter, john told us that he _____ (come) to china next month.
12. When the bell rang, jenny _____ (wait) in her seat.
13. She _____ (make) her dress the whole afternoon.
14. While my father ____ (look) through the evening paper, he suddenly ___ a cry.
15. When I ____ (come) in the room, he ____ (see) me, for he ____ (read) something
16. When we _____ (arrive) at the village, it ____ (get) dark and it ____(rain) hard.
17. What ____ your father ____ (do) yesterday evening? He ____ (study) at the evening school.
18. When he knocked at the door, my aunt ____ (cook)
19. The students ______ (sing) and ____ (dance) happily on the playground at that time.
20. I ____ (write) a letter when the door bell rang.
21. We had no class at that time. We ____ (plant) trees.
22. While we __________ (wait) for the bus, a girl __________ (run) up to us.
23. I __________ (telephone) a friend when Bob __________ (come) in.
24. Jim __________ (jump) on the bus as it __________ (move) away.
25. We __________ (test) the new machine when the electricity ________ (go) off.
26. She __________ (not want) to stay in bed while the others _____________ (all, work) in the fields.
27. While mother ________ (put) Cathy to bed, the door bell ________ (ring).
28. I , with my sister , sometimes ______ swimming in the river. (go)
29. He __________ the film with us last night. (not see)
30. You draw quite well. I think you _______ a good painter in the future. (be)
31. One Sunday morning the man upstairs heard the sound of children ________ in the park. (play)
32. Mother __________ vegetables in the garden now. (grow)
33. My father __________ some washing when I got home yesterday evening. (do)
34. Somebody knocked on my window when I __________ TV last night. (watch)
35. Grandma ___________ breakfast while I was doing my homework this morning. (cook)
36. The man downstairs found it very difficult ____________ and he was very angry with the woman upstairs. (sleep)
III. Translation.
1. 昨天这个时候你们英语老师在做什么?她在和一些家长谈话吗?
2. 当我离开的时候他正在画一幅世界地图。
3. 当你看见他们的时候他们在干什么?他们在打扫教室。
4. 那时二班的学生没在操场上踢足球,他们在打篮球。
5. 一天,母亲下班回家的时候,约翰在写给一个朋友写信。
6. 上周五一下午,学生们在干什么?他们一直在往墙上贴海报。
7. 昨天这个时候,一些学生在植树,一些学生在给小树浇水。
8. 老师走进教室的时候,学生们正在谈论当天的新闻。
9. 老虎等猴子的时候,他听到一个声音。
10. 今天上午放学的时候在下雨吗?是的,天正下着大雨。
Answers:
I. 1-5: BCDAC 6-10:DACCB 11-15: DDABA 16-20:BBBDD
21-25:BABDA 26-31:ABABCC
II.
1. was having 2. was going,were doing 3. were doing,were watching 4. were not making
5 were having, weren't, were cleaning 6. was raining , was, wasn't 7. was waiting
8. was going/would go 9. was leaving 10. was coming /would come 11.was waiting 12.was making 13.was looking ,heard 14.came, didn’t see , was reading 15.arrived , was getting , was raining 16. was, doing, was studying 17. was cooking 18. were singing dancing 19. was writing 20. were planting 21. were waiting; ran 22. was telephoning; came 23. jumped; was moving 24. were testing; went 25. didn’t want; were all working
26. was putting; rang 27. go 28. didn’t see 29. will be 30. playing 31. is growing 32. was doing 33. was watching 34. was cooking 35. to sleep
III.
1 What was your English teacher doing this time yesterday?Was she talking with some parents?
2. When I left, he was drawing a map of the world.
3. What were they doing when you saw them?They were cleaning the classroom.
4. At that time the students in Class Two were not playing football on the playground. They were playing basketball.
5. One day John was writing to one of his friends when his mother came back from work.
6. What were the students doing the whole afternoon last Friday?They were putting up the posters on the wall.
7.This time yesterday some students were planting trees and some were watering the trees.
8. When the teacher came into the classroom, the students were talking about that day’s news.
9. When the tiger was waiting for the monkey, he heard a sound.
10 Was it raining when school was over this morning?Yes, it was raining heavily.下载本文