第五讲 语法填空
1. The first edition ______ in 1955 and ______ a bestseller ever since.
A. was published; had been
B. had been published; had been
C. has been published; has been
D. was published; has been
2. It seems water ______ from this tap for some time. We'll have to take it apart to put it right. (2012·长郡月考二)
A. had leakedB. is leaking
C. leaks
D. has been leaking
3. I was attracted by books. By the end of that summer, I ______ over twenty novels.
A. will have read
B. have read
C. had read
D. has read
4. Tom arrived late and missed the assembly. He ______ the traffic to be so heavy.
A. hadn't expected
B. wouldn't expect
C. haven't expected
D. wasn't expecting
5. — I heard you went to Hainan the other day.
— So I did. That was the third time that I ______there. (2012·师大附中月考一)
A. was
B. am
C. had been
D. have been
6. Our products sell well，but ten years ago, who could have imagined that they ______ such a big share in the market? (2012·师大附中月考一)
A. were having
B. had had
C. were to have
D. had
7. — I didn't go to Mary's party last night because my car broke down.
— You could have borrowed mine. I ______ it.
A. hadn't used
B. wasn't using
C. didn't use
D. wouldn't use
8. I don't know if she ______， but if she ______ I will let you know. (2012·长沙市一中月考二)
A. comes; comes
B. comes; will come
C. will come; comes
D. will come; will come
9. It is a custom in that country for men to remove their hats when a woman ______ the room.
A. enters
B. entered
C. will enter
D. has entered
10. — Everyone thought she would have stood out in the exam and gained admission to Tsinghua University.
— A pity! She ______ too nervous when she was taking the exam.(2012·师大附中月考一)
A. is being
B. has been
C. was
D. would have been
11. — Hi, Mary!
— Oh, it's you. Jack! I ______ you. You look like a star with the glasses. (2012·长沙市一中月考一)
A. didn't recognize
B. don't recognize
C. haven't recognized
D. hadn't recognized
12. American fathers ______ more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to in past years, due to a sweeping new trend called “unemployment”. (2012·师大附中月考二)
A. were spending
B. spent
C. are spending
D. have spent
13. I ______ a book on fashion at the moment, and it ______ in the book that Europeans started to wear top hats in the early 1800s.
A. read; is said
B. am reading; is saying
C. was reading; was saying
D. am reading; is said
14. — Would you give me some advice on how to improve my English in terms of my situation?
— Oh, sorry. What is that? I ______ about something else.
A. thought
B. am thinking
C. was thinking
D. had thought
15. — Were you surprised by the ending of the film?
— No, I ______ the book, so I already knew the story.
A. was reading
B. had read
C. am reading
D. have read
16. You'd better not phone the manager between 7 and 8 tomorrow evening; he ______ an important meeting then.
A. will have
B. would have
C. will be having
D. will have had
17. — What do you think of the movie?
— It's fantastic. The only pity is that I ______ the beginning of it.
(2012·十二校联考二)
A. missed
B. had missed
C. miss
D. would miss
18. I ______ in a foreign trade company for five years. Still, I don't regret giving up the wellpaid job.
A. worked
B. have worked
C. was working
D. had worked
19. The number of tickets available ______ the size of the stadium. (2012·长郡中学月考七)
A. determines
B. will be determined by
C. are determined by
D. is determining
20. When he ______ all his newspapers, he'll go home. (2012·长郡中学月考七)
A. sells
B. has sold
C. will have sold
D. is to sell
21. David ______ the test for further study in the USA. Let's have a party to congratulate him. (2012·十二校联考二)
A. passes
B. has passed
C. has been passing
D. had passed
22. — We didn't find Smith attending the lecture.
— No one ______ him about ______ a lecture the following day.
A. told; there to be
B. had told; there to be
C. told; there was
D. had told; there being
23. How can we decide where to spend our holiday if you ______ your mind?
A. constantly change
B. will constantly change
C. are constantly changing
D. have constantly changed
24. Hello, you ______ 5678234. I'm sorry but I am unable to answer your questions right now.
A. reached
B. are reaching
C. have been reached
D. had reached
25. Their new teacher has arrived, but they ______ that he ______ until this morning.
A. didn't know; was coming
B. don't know; would come
C. didn't know; has come
D. don't know; will come
26. Because of climate change, the ice that polar bears depend on for survival ______. (2012·长郡中学月考六)
A. are slowing disappearing
B. is slowly disappearing
C. are slowly disappeared
D. have slowly disappeared
27. It's only six o'clock now; Little Tom should be up, though, because he ______ for nine hours. (2012·雅礼月考六)
A. has been sleeping
B. had been sleeping
C. has slept
D. had slept
28. Experience is believing. If you'd like to know what it ______ like to be a soldier in World War Ⅱ， ______ the game “Brothers in Arms: Roads to Hill 30”. (2012·师大附中月考六)
A. would be; tryB. was; try
C. would be; trying
D. was; trying
29. — Good morning，Doctor Smith's office.
— Hello, this is John Brown. Could you please tell Doctor Smith I ______？ My car ______ start. (2012·师大附中月考六)
A. was delayed; doesn'tB. am delayed; didn't
C. will be delayed; won't
D. would delay; mustn't
30. — Susie？！ Hi! What a nice surprise. I ______ to see you here!
— Hey! Barry! I can't believe this! What ______ here? (2012·师大附中月考五)
A. hadn't expected; did you doB. didn't expect; were you doing
C. didn't expect; are you doing
D. haven't expected; do you do