04 时态、语态和主谓一致考查要点及应对策略
【考点精析】
考点1一般时态
1.一般现在时(do/does; am/is/are)
(1)表示经常发生的、习惯性的、反复出现的动作或状态。常与表示习惯的副词(词组)always, every time,
now and then, occasionally, often, seldom,
sometimes, usually, every day/night等连用。
(2)按时间表、时刻表、日程表等安排将要发生的动作,用一般现在时。只限于go, arrive, leave, start, stay,
return, begin, come等动词。
(3)表示普遍真理。
(4)用在时间、条件或让步状语从句中,用一般现在时表示将来。
He plays basketball every day.
The film starts at two o’clock.
The earth goes round the sun.
If you look at all sides of the situation, you’ll probably find a solution that suits everyone.
2.一般过去时(did; was/were)
(1)表示过去某个时间发生的动作或情况。
(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)Fitness Magazine recently ran an article titled “Five Reasons to Thank Your Workout
Partner”.
(2)表示过去的习惯性动作。
注意：used to do表示“过去常常做……”
We used to go there every year.
We often played together when we were children.
—Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?
—I went to Ningxia and stayed there for three years, teaching as a volunteer.
考点2进行时态
1.现在进行时(am/is/are doing)
(1)表示说话时正在进行或表示现阶段正在进行的动作,虽然此时此刻该动作不一定正在进行。
(2)表示按计划或安排即将发生的动作,常用的这类动词有go, come, leave, start, arrive, return, work, sleep,
stay, have, wear等。
(3)表示说话人现在对主语的行为表示赞叹或厌恶等(常与always, constantly, continually等副词连用)。
He is listening to a tape, but he can’t hear it clearly.He is leaving tomorrow to play his first match.
We are always finding new beauties in Shakespeare’s poetry.
2.过去进行时(was/were doing)
(1)表示在过去具体的时间正在发生的动作或者表示过去某个时间段内一直在发生的事情。常同表示过去
的时间状语从句以及at that time, at that moment, at this time yesterday, at ten o’clock yesterday等短语连用。
(2)过去进行时可以表示过去将来的含义。
(3)过去进行时和频度副词连用可以表示说话者或褒义或贬义的感情色彩。
We were playing football at this time yesterday afternoon.
Susan had quit her well-paid job and was working as a volunteer in the neighborhood when I visited her last
year.
She was always arguing with him and fighting with him.
3.将来进行时(will/shall be doing)
表示将来某一时刻正在进行的动作,或表示要从将来某一时刻开始,并继续下去的动作。
常见的标志性的时间状语有this time tomorrow, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the day after tomorrow等。
I will be discussing the situation with my colleagues this time tomorrow.
考点3将来时态
1.一般将来时(will/shall do)
(1)“shall/will+动词原形”表示现在看来以后要发生的动作或存在的状态。“will+动词原形”还可以表示
说话时临时做出的决定。
(2)“be going to+动词原形”表示:①现在打算或计划将来要做的事情;②根据某种迹象认为在最近或将来要
发生的事情。
(3)“be to+动词原形”表示:①预先安排好的计划或约定;②说话人的意志、意图、义务、命令等;③注定要
发生的事情。
(4)“be about to+动词原形”表示正要或即将要做某事,该结构不与表示具体的将来时间状语连用。
We shall be punished if we break the rule.
My daughter is going to work next year.
They are to attempt to be the first to circle the Earth non-stop by balloon.
Will you kindly obey the instructions I am about to give?
2.过去将来时
过去将来时表示在过去某个时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态,即过去将来时是“立足过去, 着眼未
来”的一种时态, 常用于宾语从句中。
They said they would give the police their full cooperation.
注意：除“should/would+动词原形”外(第一人称通常用should,其他人称通常用would),过去将来时还有以下常见表达方式: was/were going to do, was/were about to do, was/were to do,但是表示过去的某种习惯性动
作时,常用would do/used to do。
I had a feeling you were going to have difficulty doing this.
He was about to offer an explanation to the police.
考点4完成时态
1.现在完成时(have/has done)
(1)表示发生在过去而对现在仍有影响的动作,常用的时间状语:already, just, yet, never, before, lately, recently,
in the last/past few years, up to now, so far等。
(2)表示从过去某时开始而延续至今的动作或状态,常与for, since等引导的表示一段时间的状语连用。
(3)在条件、时间、让步状语从句中,表示将来某时间前已完成的动作。
(4)This/It is the first/second... time+that从句,that从句中谓语动词要用现在完成时。
(5)It(This) is the best(worst, most interesting等)+名词+定语从句,从句中的谓语动词用现在完成时。
China’s high-speed railways have grown rapidly in the past few years.
(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten
years.
I won’t pay you until you have finished this job.
This is the first time I have left my country and set foot on foreign soil.
2.过去完成时(had done)
(1)表示在过去某一时间或某一动作之前完成的动作或存在的状态,即过去的过去。
(2)表示从过去某一时间开始,一直延续到过去的另一时间的动作,常用的时间状语:by then, by that time, by
the end of, by the time+句子等。
(3)表示“愿望,打算”的动词(如hope, want, expect, think, mean, suppose, plan, intend)用于过去完成时,表示
过去本打算实现而未实现的希望或计划。
(4)在“hardly(scarcely)...when...” “no sooner...than...” 句型中, 主句用过去完成时,从句用一般过去时,意为
“一……就……”。
By that time, I had already made the decision to leave.
I had hoped to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I couldn’t manage it.
We had no sooner had supper than we began to repair the machine.
考点5完成进行时
现在完成进行时(have/has been doing)
(1)表示从过去某时开始一直持续到现在并且还要继续下去的动作。
We have been waiting for him for two hours.
(2)表示到目前为止的一段时间里一直反复进行的动作。(2020·天津高考)—You are a great swimmer.
—Thanks. It’s because I have been practising a lot these days.
考点6被动语态
被动语态的构成为“be+过去分词”,只要变换be的形式就可以得到不同时态的被动语态。除be外,被
动语态的构成形式还有“get/become+过去分词”。
只有及物动词或相当于及物动词的短语才有被动语态,不及物动词或短语无被动语态。常考的不及物
动词或短语:last, cost, spread, happen(to), take place, belong to, break out, go out, run out, work out。
1.被动语态的构成(以do为例)
类别 现在 过去 将来 过去将来
would/
am/is/ was/were will/shall
一般 should
are done done be done
be done
am/is/are was/were
进行 — —
being done being done
will/shall would/should
have/has had been
完成 have been have been
been done done
done done
2.使用被动语态时应注意的几个问题
(1)主动变为被动时双宾语的变化。
The reporters asked the president some questions.
→The president was asked some questions by the reporters.
→Some questions were asked the president by the reporters.
(2)主动变为被动时,宾语成主语;(作补语的)不定式前需加to(位置不变)。
I heard him say good-bye to his friends.
→He was heard to say good-bye to his friends.
(3)动词短语变被动语态时,勿掉“尾巴”。
This dictionary must be taken good care of.
(4)情态动词,be going to, be to, be sure to等结构变为被动语态时,只需将它们后面的动词原形变为“be+过去
分词”。
This book may not be taken out of the reading room.
(5)“get+过去分词”构成的表示被动的短语get paid/lost/hurt等。
They get paid twice as much as I do, but the job is exactly the same as mine.
No matter how well you know Paris, it is easy to get lost.
3.主动形式表示被动含义(1)表示感受、感官的系动词,如feel, sound, taste, look等,后面跟形容词、名词构成系表结构,常常以主动形
式表示被动意义,指其本身具有的属性、特征等。
(2)当sell, read, draw, wash, write, open, wear, run, burn等不及物动词后有状语(well/easily等)修饰,用来表示
主语内在的品质或性能时,用主动形式表示被动含义。
The music isn’t pleasant to listen to.
This kind of radio doesn’t sell well.
考点7主谓一致
1.语法一致原则
主语的单复数决定了谓语动词的单复数。
(1)动名词、动词不定式、从句、不定代词作主语时,谓语动词常用单数。
Serving the people is my great happiness.
Whether we’ll go depends on the weather.
注意：what引导的从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式,但如果从句表示复数意义,则谓语动词用复数形
式。
What lies at the root of his troubles is a sense of insecurity.
What the school needs are qualified teachers.
(2)主语后有with, together with, along with, except, besides, as well as等加名词或代词构成短语时,谓语动词
的数要与前面的主语保持一致。
Amy, as well as her brothers, was given a warm welcome when returning to the village last week.
(3)and, both...and...连接两个不同的主语时,谓语动词用复数形式;但是如果由and连接的两个名词表示同一
个人或物,谓语动词用单数形式。
Both you and I are students.
The singer and dancer is said to perform in our school on May Day.
(4)定语从句中关系代词作主语时,从句中的谓语动词要与先行词保持一致。
He is one of the men who were chosen to represent the group.
He is the only one of those boys who is willing to take on another assignment.
2.意义一致原则
意义一致原则指不管主语的形式是单数还是复数,主语的意义决定了谓语动词的单复数。
(1)集体名词作主语时,若被看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式;若被看作构成集体的一个个成员,谓语动词
用复数形式。常见的集体名词有family, class, team, group, public, committee, government, audience等。
His audience consists mainly of young people.
The audience were clapping for over ten minutes.
(2)“分数/百分数/the majority+of+名词”作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于of后名词的数以及其表示的意义;all, some, half, most, the rest等作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于主语实际表达的意义。
Two-thirds of the people present are against the plan.
The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
(3)“the+形容词”表示一类人,在句中作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。
The old are more likely to catch a cold than the young.
(4)表示时间、距离、重量、金额等的复数名词作主语时,谓语动词通常用单数形式。
Four thousand dollars is quite a lot of money for a boy.
3.就近一致原则
就近一致原则指谓语动词的单复数形式取决于离它最近的主语的单复数。
(1)由or, either...or..., neither...nor..., not only... but also...,not... but...等连接的词语作主语,谓语动词的数常与最
近的主语保持一致。
Either you or Paul is responsible for this thing.
Not only you but also your sister is lovely.
(2)由there, here引起的主语不止一个时,谓语动词的数通常和最邻近的主语保持一致。
There are twenty boy students and twenty-three girl students in the class.
Here is a pen, a few envelopes and some paper for you.
特别提示：
语法填空题考法
1.明晰高考考查类型
动词的时态和语态题, 大致可分为以下三种类型: 一是题干中提供时间状语, 考生可直接根据所给的时间
状语得出答案。二是提供的时间状语有较强的干扰性和迷惑性, 考生不能直接据此进行答题。三是题干中
不提供任何时间状语, 而是给出一个上下文情景或一个结构较为复杂的句子, 考生必须仔细分析语境, 才
能得出最佳答案。
2.掌握独特的时间状语标志
(1)看到always, often, seldom, sometimes, usually 等要想到用一般现在时;
(2)看到yesterday, last night, a few days ago, the other day等要想到用一般过去时;
(3)看到since, so far, up to now, in the last/ past few years等要想到用现在完成时。
注意: 如果题干中没有时间标志词, 而是有两个或两个以上的谓语动词, 这时我们应该将动词动作发生的
时间进行比较, 依据动作发生的时间先后, 确定正确的时态。
3.熟记固定句型中的时态
(1)be doing...when..., 主句常用过去进行时, 从句常用一般过去时;
(2)It is/has been+时间段+since...表示“自从……以来已经……”, 主句用现在完成时或一般现在时, 从句用
一般过去时;(3)祈使句+and/or+陈述句, 陈述句常用一般将来时。
4.分清主动被动, 辨析语态
看到动词为及物动词, 后面缺少宾语,要想到用被动语态。
【真题演练】
1.(2022·新高考Ⅱ卷)He quickly ____________ (throw) his tools aside, and started running, arms out.
2.(2022·浙江高考)When he felt a 3D version of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, he ____________(notice) her
smile right away.
3.(2022·新高考Ⅱ卷)Henry ____________(fix) his car when he heard the screams.
4.(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)One reason was: “You’ll actually show up if you know someone ____________ (wait) for
you at the gym.”
5.(2021·新高考Ⅰ卷)I ____________(turn) the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the
turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand.
6.(2022·全国甲卷)In humans, babies can put a round shape in a round hole from around one year of age, but it
____________(be) another year before they are able to do the same with less symmetrical (对称的) shapes.
7.(2022·北京高考)The use of those plastics ____________(increase) by 300% since 2019.
8.(2022·全国甲卷)Ever since her childhood, Ginni, now 71, ____________(have) a deep love for travel.
9.(2022·全国乙卷)The girls ____________(go) to Smith College. They wore expensive clothes.
10.(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)People ____________(bring) their children in to see the hens and residents come and sit
outside to watch them.
11.(2021·全国乙卷)People ____________(pour) into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece.
12.(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)The GPNP ____________(design) to reflect the guiding principle of “protecting the
authenticity and integrity (完整性) of natural ecosystems, preserving biological diversity, protecting ecological
buffer zones, and leaving behind precious natural assets (资产) for future generations”.
13.(2021·全国甲卷)The Xi’an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China’s long history. It
____________(build) originally to protect the city in the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修
复) .
14.(2022·浙江高考)But how can a painting ____________(appreciate) by someone who’s blind?
15.(2022·全国乙卷)The chairman of the China Culture Promotion Society ____________(address) the opening
ceremony.
16.(2022·全国甲卷)The New Theatre ____________ (be) the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and
children’s shows for more than 100 years.17.(2022·北京高考)Eventually, the man ____________ (catch) up with her, and he was only trying to return her
wallet!
【考点精练】
一、完成句子
1. 我不会把他说的当回事，他只是自吹自擂罢了。
I wouldn’t take seriously; he was only bragging.
2. 另外一方面我重点强调的是视觉特效。
Another aspect I is visual special effect.
3. 他昨天确实撒了谎，说他遇到了交通堵塞。
He a lie yesterday, saying that he met with a traffic jam.
4. 这次考试你犯了这么多错误，真是太粗心了。（it作形式主语）
in the exam.
5. His son a key university.
他的儿子已经被一所重点大学录取了
6. 第二天他们的马匹和货物被归还给了他们。
The following day their horses and goods them.
7. 随着社会的发展，我们似乎正在失去很多传统。
With the development of society, a lot of tradition.(seem that)
8. 首先我不得不说清楚，所有的演讲将限定在十分钟内。
At first I have to make it clear that all speeches 10 minutes.
9. A large crowd of reporters outside the Prime Minister’s house.
一大群记者聚集在首相府前。
10. 旧电扇坏了，所以我们得买个新的。
The old electric fan , so we needed to buy a new one.
11. 乔丹说，他成功的秘诀在于吸取自己失败的教训。(句型公式：the secret to sth is...某事(物)的秘诀
是……)
Jordan says that learning from his failures.
12. 目前我们还没有其他行星上存在生命的证据。
At present we of life on other planets.
13. 比如，芭蕾舞表演十分吸引人以至于观众在舞蹈结束时为它鼓掌。(ballet, so. . . that. , appealing,
applaud)
For example, the was the audience it at the end of the dance.
14. 他一直看着她，想知道以前是否在哪里见过她。He kept looking at her, wondering somewhere before.
15. 这辆新车给他们添了很多麻烦，这使他们很生气。(根据汉语提示完成句子)
They are the new car, which makes them angry.
16. That was .
那就是他考试不及格的原因。
17. 当今许多专家专心致志研究孔子哲学。
Nowadays many experts studying Confucius philosophy.
18. 警察问登山者为什么在遇到危险时他们延迟发出求救信息。 (delay, send)
The policeman asked the climbers SOS messages when in danger.
19. Two thirds of the island , 70% of which in the past 20 years.
这个岛屿的三分之二被果树覆盖，其中70%的果树是过去20年栽种的。
20. 确保每个人都能使用互联网是非常重要的。(access)
It is highly important to make sure that .
21. Peter because he has just left home.
彼得很可能迟到，因为他才刚刚出门。
22. She on the ground.
她发现地上有一个钱包。
23. 科学家说可能还需要5-6年的时间才会把这种药用于人体测试。
Scientists say it may be five or six years it possible to test this medicine on human patients.
24. 男孩们和女孩们正在装饰教室。
The classrooms by the boys and girls.
25. 由于她是新来的，所以她可能需要一些帮助。
, she may need some help.
26. 那个在沙漠中迷路的人非常需要水。
The man lost in the desert water.
27. My father me to the park frequently when I was a little boy.
当我还是小孩子的时候，我爸爸常常会带我去公园。
28. 他起床晚了，结果导致今天早上上学迟到了。
He got up late, which his being late for school this morning.
29. 听到非洲有很多人饿死了我感到很惊讶。
I’m much surprised to hear that too many people in Africa.
30. 这个项目是为穷人设计的。
The project the poor.31. 收拾好行李和书籍后,我们去承德避暑山庄。
Having packed up our luggage and books,we our way to Chengde Mountain Resort.
32. 尽管英语难学，但他从未放弃学习英语。
though it was difficult.
33. 如果你对该活动感兴趣，请联系我们。
Please .
二、用单词的适当形式完成句子
34. Travel (broad) your mind and leaves you good memories.
35. If nothing (do), the oceans will turn into fish deserts.
36. The man got (poisonous) after drinking the water in the bottle.
37. He (do) his homework when the power was out.
38. A presidential election (schedule) for last December.
39. I (do) telephone you last night.
40. He (work) in that company since he left school five years ago.
41. In response to the message received and decoded, the receiver sends an encoded message back, which
(refer ) to as feedback.
42. A talk on Chinese history (give) in the school hall next week.
43. For the past few months, we (interview) and filming young players about their interest in
basketball.
44. Playing with smartphones or tablets too long (harm) people’s health and prevent them from
concentrating on their work, he added.
45. Bob wants to buy that kind of ball pen because he has been told it (write) smoothly.
46. The church tower which （restore）will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.
47. Using a computer, a photo can easily (transform) into a greeting card.
48. I thought it (rain) soon.
49. It is strongly recommended that the machines (check) every year.
50. While you were writing letters, I (read) a book.
51. Here he is! We (wait) anxiously for him since last night.
52. Magic, the miniature horse, (win) many awards for her work so far.
53. The kid (punish) by his mother when the father came back.
54. The police (observe) the man enter the bank yesterday.
55. The city will be placed on the list of World Heritage In Danger, joining Aleppo which (destroy) by
the war in Syria years ago.56. The council (carry)out road repairs over the next two days.
57. It is in this factory my father worked 10 years ago.
58. She asked me I would go the movie with her the next day.
59. Tom is not good at French, nor Tim.
60. The collection has been built over the last seventeen years. (用适当的词填空)
61. Whenever we had trouble, he (come)to help us.
62. Mr. Lim （reach）his office an hour ago, but he still hasn't started working.
63. Who (teach) by our English teacher at present?
64. We (have) supper when the phone rang.
65. Though the first suggestion (reject) by his boss, Tom still worked hard and came up with a better
one finally.
三、单项选择
66. In the last two years, the program ________ thousands of children who would otherwise have died.
A. is saving B. saves C. had saved D. has saved
67. — The water was left running all night long.
— Yes. It seemed that John . He was the last one to leave the lab.
A. was to be blamed B. was to blame
C. had been blamed D. should be blamed
68. Don’t worry. It will be a bit difficult the first time you _______ the children. Soon you will find it much
easier.
A. will teach B. have taught C. teach D. taught
69. I didn’t answer his phone call because I had put my mobile phone to mute. When I ________ his call, he just
called in again.
A. returned B. was to return C. was returning D. would return
70. The project to developing the economy and reducing poverty when it is completed.
A. has contributed B. had been contributed
C. will contribute D. is contribute
71. I'm sure that stricter rules to control cigarette smoking very soon.
A. made B. will make C. were made D. will be made
72. Will AIDS patients ______ the new drug and be cured eventually?
A. benefited B. benefit
C. benefit from D. beneficial to
73. According to the record, his sister left home in 2020, and ________since.A. had not been heard of B. has not been heard of
C. had not heard of D. has not heard of
74. A teacher of English and class teacher _______ us something about volunteer workers.
A. are telling B. is telling
C. are given D. were given
75. Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year old boy，_________ that he was not the one ____________.
A. said; blamed B. saying; to blame C. to say; to be blamed D. saying; blaming
76. I don’t think she noticed the headmaster just at that moment, for she _______ the game on her cellphone.
A. played B. was playing
C. is playing D. has been playing
77. —How often ________ your school sports meeting _______?
—Once a year.
A. does; hold B. was; hold C. is; held D. did; hold
78. I have to draw some money from the bank before our money ________ .
A. runs out of B. is run out C. runs out D. runs up
79. China is becoming stronger and stronger and _________ an important role on the international stage in recent
years.
A. plays B. was playing C. played D. has been playing
80. ﹣Hi,Jack. Let's go skating.
﹣Wait a minute, Johnson. I my homework in ten minutes.
A. finish B. finished
C. have finished D. am finishing
81. By the end of 2015, he __________in NBA for 14 years.
A. plays B. played C. has played D. had played
82. A fork and knife ________ on the table.
A. is B. are C. am D. were
83. Mr. Smith let off upon me the speech he_______ to make all along.
A. had died B. died
C. was dying D. had been dying
84. —Your sister _________ almost all her spare time to studying when she was in high school.
—That’s right, or she _________ great success in the College Entrance Examination.
A. devoted; wouldn’t have achieved
B. spent; wouldn’t have achievedC. devoted; hadn’t achieved
D. hadn’t spent; couldn’t achieve
85. — Could you pick me up at the airport tomorrow?
— I hope to, but I’m afraid I ________ a very important meeting then.
A. will be attending B. am attending
C. was attending D. will have attended
86. I left school in 2007, and since then I _______ in Los Angeles.
A. lived B. had lived C. lives D. have lived
87. —Why do you look so worried?
—An earthquake broke out in Jiujiang. The whole research ______ uncompleted since.
A. has been left B. left C. was left D. has left
88. The world _____ . Things never stay the same.
A. had changed B. is changing
C. was changing D. will change
89. —You didn’t wait for Mr. Smith last night, did you?
—No, but we ______. He didn’t return home at all.
A. needn’t have waited
B. couldn’t have waited
C. didn’t need to
D. should wait
90. —Why do children hang stockings over the fireplace for presents?
—As the story goes, to help a poor family, Father Christmas threw a small bag of gold down the chimney and it
fell into a stocking that ___________up to dry over the fireplace.
A. hung B. had hung
C. was hanging D. was hanged
91. I thought it hard to complete the project at first, but I______my mind.
A. change B. have changed
C. had changed D. would change
92. I feel it an honor______ to speak here.
A. to be asked B. to ask
C. having asked D. asked
93. Not until I warned him focus his attention on his homework.
A. does little John B. did little JohnC. little John does D. little John did
94. Kate ________ by the teacher for she had made an excellent contribution to group discussion.
A. praised B. was praised
C. has praised D. has been praised
95. --- I thought I asked you to fix the radio.
--- Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot, Madam. I ______ it right away.
A. am to do B. will do C. was about to do D. am going to do
96. ---Why didn’t you go to yesterday’s meeting?
---I would have but I ______ too busy working on the important experiment.
A. had been B. was C. were D. am
97. I’m sure you’ll do well in the exam because you ________ so hard this year.
A. studied B. had studied C. have been studying D. had been studying
98. That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who ________ the piano upstairs?
A. has played B. played
C. plays D. is playing
99. By the time she ______in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she ______ a junior
gymnast for eleven years.
A. competed; has been B. competes; has been
C. competed; had been D. will compete; will have been
四、语法填空
Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and
boasted of the fact 100 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 101 a driving
mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red
light without 102 （stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car,
and that the reason 103 she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak
104 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished 105 he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and
took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 106 choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it
at the first time.
When she had 107 （success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the
needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have nodoubts 108 your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case
against Ms. Mary 109 (dismiss解雇), and her record remained unbroken.
