完成進行時態(tài)練習及答案

一、用所給詞的適當形式填空。

1. This morning I came to class at 9:00. Right now it is 10:00,and I am still in class. I ______(sit) at this desk for an hour.By 9:30, I ______(sit) here for half an hour. By 11:00,I ______(sit) here for two hours.

2. It is midnight. I ______(study) for five straight hours. No wonder I’m getting tired.

3. It was midnight. I ______(study) for five straight hours. No wonder I was getting tired.

4. Clint woke up in the middle of last night. He was frightened and didn’t know where he was. He ______(dream).

5. When I got home, I saw Clint was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off. He ______(watch) TV.

6. He finally showed up at nine o’clock. I ______(wait) for him since six o’clock.

7. We were good friends. We ______(know) each other for a long time.

8. When I arrived, my girlfriend was waiting for me. She was rather annoyed because she ______(wait) for a very long time on such a windy day.

9. Yesterday I saw Leon sitting on the ground. He was out of breath. He ______(run).

10. I ______(write) 3 letters since lunchtime.

11. I ______(write) letters since lunchtime and I’m still writing now.

12. How long______you ______(read) that book?

13. How many pages of that book______you ______(read)?

14. The novel is so interesting. I ______(read) for two hours and ______(read) 55 pages so far.

15. I know Jane is saving money to go on holiday. I ask her, “How long______you ______(save) money? How much money______you ______(save)?”

16. I ______(surf) online since 8 o’clock A.M. I am very tired now.

17. I ______(surf) online five times this week.

18. I ______(knock) at the door six times, but nobody answers it.I don’t think anybody is in.

19. I ______(knock) at the door for two minutes, but nobody answers it.

20. I ______(read) the book you lent me but I haven’t finished it yet.

21. I ______(read) the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.

二、單項選擇。

22. He______several novels since 1985. Most of them______quite successful, but the last one______very good reviews.

A. has written; were; hasn’t got

B. wrote; have been; didn’t get

C. has written; have been; didn’t get

D. wrote; were; didn’t get

23. By the time you get back, great changes______in this area.

A.will take place

B.will be taken place

C. will be taking place

D. will have taken place

24. By the time you______, I______all my housework.

A. returned; will have finished

B. return; will finish

C. return; will have finished

D. returned; finished

25. When I______the letter, I______it to you.

A.wrote; will show

B.wrote; would show

C. have written; will show

D. have written; would show

26. I______New York in 1986, but I______there ever since.

A.visit; hadn’t been

B.visited; haven’t been

C.visit; haven’t been

D.visited; hadn’t been

27. I think by five o’clock the children______from their work.

A.will return

B.had returned

C.will have returned

D.have returned

28. Someone______my book. I______for it for the last ten minutes,but I can’t see it anywhere.

A. took; have been looking

B. has taken; am looking

C.took; was looking

D.has taken; have been looking

29. Just imagine, if all goes well, by Christmas we______in the new house for almost two months.

A.are living

B.have lived

C.will live

D.will have been living

30. I hope you______all the possibilities before you make the final decision.

A.are considered

B.will be considering

C.will have considered

D.would have considered

31. I______to visit them yesterday, but someone came to see me just when I was about to leave.

A.planned

B.had planned

C.did plan

D.was planning

32. John and I______neighbors since we______children.

A.are; were

B.were; have been

C.have been; are

D.have been; were

33. Many years ago, he______in Paris with his uncle for a long period of time.

A.had been living

B.had lived

C.lived

D.has been living

34. How long______here? I______you come in.

A. do you sit; haven’t seen

B. did you sit; did not see

C. have you sat; have not seen

D. have you been sitting; did not see

35. I______a great deal______I came to England.

A.have learned; before

B.have learned; since

C.learned; since

D.learn; after

36. I______this crossword puzzle for the last hour, but I______half of it yet.

A. am doing; haven’t finished

B. have been doing; haven’t finished

C. did; didn’t finish

D. had done; didn’t finish

37. Great as Newton was, many of his ideas______today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time.

A.are to challenge

B.may be challenged

C.are challenging

D.have been challenged

38. It’s reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory______by about 10%.

A.will have risen

B.has risen

C.will be rising

D.has been rising

39. That was the first time the old lady______her suffering to others.

A.was telling

B.had told

C.have told

D.told

40. She will go shopping the moment she______her work.

A.has finished

B.had finished

C.finishes

D.will finish

41. I______to call on you, but was prevented from doing so.

A.mean

B.have meant

C.meant

D.had meant

42. The Olympic Games, first celebrated in Athens in 1896,______every four years so far, except during the two world wars.

A.are held

B.were held

C.had been held

D.have been held

43. It’s the third time that I______this particular aspect of grammar.

A.explain

B.explained

C.have explained

D.will explain

44. On her next anniversary she______married for 25 years.

A.will be

B.will have been

C.has been

D.is being

45. In two years’ time he______his master’s degree in chemistry.

A.has completed

B.will be completing

C.will have completed

D.will have been completing

46. She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she______for too long.

A.has been reading

B.had read

C.is reading

D.read

47. It seems that oil______from this pipe for some time. We’ll have to take the machine apart to put it right.

A.had leaked

B.is leaking

C.leaked

D.has been leaking

48. ______a rapid development in the application of laser over the last twenty years.

A.There is

B.There will be

C.There has been

D.There had been

49. By the end of this term, David______Chinese for four years, but he will still need more training and experience before he masters the language.

A.will be studying

B.has studied

C. will have been studying

D. has been studying

50. —I think the milkman sent us the wrong bottle.

—It’s likely. They______that many times before.

A.do

B.done

C.have done

D.are doing

51. By the year 2020, scientists______a cure for cancer.

A. have probably found

B.will probably have found

C. will probably be finding

D. are probably finding

52. I was lucky actually because that was the second time I______China that year.

A.have visited

B.visited

C.had visited

D.would visit

53. When the robber came in, carrying the sword, most of the passengers looked up in surprise, because they______anything like it before.

A.didn’t see

B.have never seen

C.never saw

D.had never seen

54. If the population of the Earth goes on increasing at its present rate, by the middle of the 21st century, we______all the oil that drives our cars.

A.will use up

B.will have been using up

C.will have used up

D.have used up

55. —Let’s hurry. The manager is coming.

—Oh, I was afraid that we______.

A.already miss him

B.had already missed him

C.will miss him already

D.have already missed him

56. This is the first time that I______really relaxed for weeks.

A.had felt

B.feel

C.have felt

D.shall feel

57. By the time the fire engine arrived, the house______to the ground.

A.burned

B.had burned

C.has burned

D.should have burned

58. Ever since the painter’s paintings went on exhibit, there______large crowds at the museum every day.

A.is

B.has been

C.have been

D.are being

59. Until then, Jack’s family______from him for more than a year.

A.hadn’t heard

B.hasn’t heard

C.didn’t hear

D.hasn’t been hearing

60. Pick me up at 6 o’clock. I______my bath by then.

A.may have

B.can have had

C.will be having

D.will have had

61. By the time James______back from his holiday the milkman will have left twenty bottles of milk outside his doors.

A.will get

B.gets

C.will be getting

D.will have got

62. It is amazing that the Leaning Tower of Pisa______for so long.

A.have stood

B.stands

C.has been standing

D.should have stood