2. - What's that terrible noise?

- The neighbors ________ for a party. [北京]

A. have prepared B. are preparing

C. prepare D. will prepare

进行时态分为现在进行时和过去进行时,进行时态在高考试题中出现的频率也很高。

[高考试题]

1. -Has Sam finished his homework today?

- I have no idea. He ________ it this morning. [吉林]

A. did B. has done C. was doing D. had done

4. B。应该分析清楚这句话的结构:when引导的是非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词the early 1990s。定语从句的时间状语其实是in the early 1990s,故从句用一般过去时。

[命题思路]

命题人在出有关一般过去时的试题时,一般不会在题干中给出明确的表示过去的时间状语,而是通过语境中的关键词确定时态背景,考查考生灵活运用时态知识的能力。能够反映时态背景的关键词可以是连词,如before, when等,或者像now这类表示与过去对比的时间副词,或者是表示时间的名词作先行词,要求据此判断定语从句的时态。

[指点迷津]

做有关一般过去时的试题时,一定要吃透语境,抓住语境中的关键词去分析判断,同时还要能深刻领悟使用一般过去时的场合及其含义,所以考生要能区别几种容易与一般过去时混淆的时态。

3. D。come属于短暂性动词。when可以表示两个短暂的动作同时发生。

2. D。抓住关键词when去理解。在过去某个具体时间发生的事情用一般过去时。

1. A。抓住关键词now去分析。题意为:我(刚才)叫你别动我的词典--现在我找不到了。一般过去时可表示发生在过去的动作。过去进行时表示过去正在进行或未完成的动作,所以不能选C。

4. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ________ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology. [江苏]

A. begin B. began C. have begun D. had begun

[试题分析]

3. The discussion ________ alive when an interesting topic was brought in. [浙江]

A. was coming B. had come C. has come D. came

2. -I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

-Oh, how nice!Do you know when she________? [湖南]

A. was leaving B. had left C. has left D. left

一般过去时一直是时态测试的考查热点,很受命题人的青睐。请看今年高考各省、市卷有关一般过去时的试题。

[高考试题]

1. I________ you not to move my dictionary-now I can't find it. [吉林]

A. asked B. ask C. was asking D. had asked