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Module 7 语法篇
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熟练掌握本模块过去进行时语法知识。
过去进行时
· 定义
过去进行时，是表示过去某个具体时刻正在进行的事情或动作。
· 结构
was/were +doing (现在分词）
· 用法
1. 过去进行时表示过去某段时间内持续进行的动作或者事情。常用的时间状语this morning, the
whole
morning, all day yesterday, from nine to ten last evening, when, while 例如：
What was he researching all day last Sunday?
上周日他一整天都在研究什么？
My brother fell while he was riding his bicycle and hurt himself.
我哥哥骑自行车的时候从车上摔下来，受伤了。
When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun was shining.
当我到达山顶的时候，阳光灿烂。
2. 过去进行时可以表示在过去某个时间点发生的事情。时间点可以用介词短语、副词或从句来表
示。如：
What was she doing at nine o'clock yesterday?
昨天晚上九点她在做什么？ (介词短语表示时间点)
When I saw him he was decorating his room.
当我看见他的时候他正在装饰房间。 (when 从句表示时间点)
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3. 在复合句中，如果主要动作和背景动作都是延续的或同时发生的，那么主从句的动词都可用
过去
进行时。
While he was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper.
他边等车边看报。 (两个动作都是延续的)
He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.
他擦车时我在做饭。(两个动作同时进行)
4. 表示在过去即将发生的动作。
She asked him whether he was coming back for supper.
5. 表示过去的反复性或习惯性的动作，常与副词always,constantly,continually,frequently 等连
用，常常带
有说话人的某种感情色彩。
His mother was always working like that.
他目前总是那样工作。
通常不能用于过去进行时的动词主要有：agree, be, believe, belong, care, forget, hate, have(拥
有), hear,
know, like, love, mean, mind, notice, own, remember, seem, suppose, understand, want, wish
等。
例如：
我知道答案。
误：I was knowing the answer.
正：I knew the answer.
我不明白他的意思。
误：I wasn't understanding him.
正：I didn't understand him.
1. It _______ when they left the station.
A．rain B．rained
C．was raining D．is raining
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2. Lynn was having dinner when the phone______.
A. ring
B. rang
C. rings
D. is ringing
3. We _______ TV from seven to nine last night.
A. watch
B. watched
C.were watching
D. was watching
4. My father was reading the newspaper while my mother _______ TV.
A. watch
B. to watch
C.watched
D. was watching
5. What _____ you doing at this time yesterday?
A. did
B. do
C. are
D. were
基础演练
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Ⅰ根据句意用所给动词的适当时态填空，每空词数不限。
1. When the boy knocked at the door, his mother ________ (cook) the dinner.
2. We ________(watch) an English film when they arrived.
3. I ________(write) a letter when the bell rang.
4. When she came in, Mr Brown ________ (wash) the clothes.
5. At 4:00 pm yesterday we ________(have) a tea party.
6. The farmers ________(work) in the fields yesterday.
7. They ________(play) basketball on the playground yesterday afternoon.
8. Tim ________(make) a model plane for his brother just now.
巩固提高
根据括号内的提示将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。
1. 昨天上午8 点我在读一本故事书。 (read)
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2. 那时这些男孩们正在院子里玩耍。 (play)
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3. 在书店看书时一个漂亮的女孩向我微笑。(smile)
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4. 我站起来时发现有个人正看着我。 (look at)
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5. 昨天下午五点一位记者正在采访那位明星。 (interview)
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一、单项选择.
(山东菏泽）
( ) 1. — Why didn't you go to play football with us yesterday afternoon?
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— I _____ my mother with the housework then.
A . help
B. to help
C. was helping
D. is helping
(浙江宁波）
( ) 2. — Could you tell me what he said just now?
—Sorry, I ______ what was happening outside.
A . had thought
B. was thinking
C. thought
D. Think
(河北）
( ) 3. —Where were you this morning?
— I ______ in the supermarket.
A . will shop
B. am shopping
C. was shopping
D. have shopped
(北京）
( ) 4.—What were you doing at this time yesterday?
— I______ on the grass and drawing a picture.
A . sit
B. sat
C. am sitting
D. was sitting
（天津）
( ) 5. I saw Lisa in the street yesterday, but she didn' t see me. She ______at the other
way.
A. was looking
B. is looking
C. looked
D. has looked
( )6. I _______my clothes when the bell rang.
A .wash
B. washed
C. was washing
D. am washing
( )7. When I went to Linda’s, she ________in bed reading.
A. is lying
B. is going to lie
C. was lying
D. will lie
( )8.While I ________to the programs, my mother ________outside.
A. listened; was washing
B. was listening; washed
C. was listening; was washing
D. was listening; is washing
( )9.
— I was at the cinema at 8:00 yesterday evening. What about you?
— Oh, I a walk with my mother.
A. took
B. will take
C. was taking
D. walked
( )10.The old man _______ the street when he was hit by a car.
A. was going across
B. is going across
C. crossed
D. was cross
二. 完形填空 （共15 小题，每小题1 分，满分15 分）
Nine-year-old Lisa has been away from school for three weeks. She had to look after her family 1
her mother is in hospital. She has four 2 . The oldest is ten, and the 3 is four. Being the only girl
in the family,
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her mother is sick (生病的), Lisa has to take care of everything at
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, from
cooking to cleaning. After she finishes all the work, she goes to visit her 6 .
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Because Lisa’s mother is sick, her father has to do two jobs every
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. However, he
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complains (抱怨). When he comes back home late from work, his children have already gone to bed.
Although they have little 9 together, the children love their father more than ever.
One day, Lisa went to visit her mom with 10
two youngest brothers. After the visit, Lisa 11
them to the dining room and sat there with them. A nurse walked past. “Have you eaten? You all look
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,” she asked. “No,” replied the children. “OK. I’ll buy you some
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,” said the nurse. “May we have three bowls of noodles?” asked the children. When the noodles
came, the
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just shared one. The nurse thought it was strange. “These two bowls are
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our
parents,” said Lisa.
( )1. A. so
B. but
C. because
D. or
( )2. A. brothers
B. uncles
C. aunts
D. sisters
( )3. A. biggest
B. youngest
C. smallest
D. heaviest
( )4. A. before
B. if
C. until
D. till
( )5. A. school
B. the gym
C. home
D. the lab
( )6. A. father
B. grandma
C. grandpa
D. mother
( )7. A. day
B. week
C. month
D. year
( )8. A. sometimes
B. often
C. always
D. never
( )9. A. money
B. work
C. time
D. water
( )10. A. his
B. her
C. their
D. your
( )11. A. taught
B. forgot
C. gave
D. took
( )12. A. hungry
B. happy
C. relaxing
D. boring
( )13. A. food
B. clothes
C. books
D. cards
( )14. A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
( )15. A. about
B. on
C. for
D. to
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三、完形填空.
A teacher was asking a student lots of questions, but the student 1 answer any of them. The
teacher then decided 2 him a very easy question so that he could get 3 right.“Who was
Beethoven?”she asked. The student answered, “He was American,” after he 4
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“ 5 .He was a German musician,”the teacher said. She
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a little angry now, but she was
trying
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it. Then she asked,“Who was the first president（总统） of the USA?”The student
thought
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a long time, but he didn’t say
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.Then the teacher got very angry and
shouted,“George Washington!”The student got up and
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to walk towards the door.“Come
back!”the teacher said，“I didn’t let you go.”“Oh, I’m sorry,”the student said,“I thought
you called the next student.”
1. A. did
B. could
C. can
D. couldn’t
2. A. ask
B. to ask
C. asking
D. asked
3. A. little
B. few
C. a few
D. a little
4. A. guessed
B. talked
C. thought
D. listened
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5. A. No
B. Yes
C. All right
D. Maybe
6. A. was getting
B. is getting
C. gets
D. is
7. A. doesn’t show
B. not show
C. not to show
D. don’t show
8. A. from
B. for
C. at
D. of
9. A. nothing
B. something
C. everything
D. anything
10. A. begins
B. began
C. begin
D. beginning
二．阅读理解。
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One morning an old man left his house with six donkeys (驴). After a time, he got tired and got on one of
them. He counted the donkeys and there were only five. So he got off and went to look for the sixth. He
looked and looked, but he did not find it, so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again. To his
surprise, this time there were six. So he went on one of them again and they started. After a few minutes, he
counted the donkeys again, and again there were only five! He became confused (糊涂的). Just then a
friend of his passed him. The old man said to him, “I left my house with six donkeys. Then I had five, then
I had six again, and now I have only five! Look! One, two, there, four, five.”
“But,” said his friend, “you are sitting on a donkey, too. This is the sixth. And you are the seventh!”
( )1. When did the story happen?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
D. At night.
( )2. In fact, how many donkeys were there?
A. Four.
B. Five.
C. Six.
D. Seven.
( )3. Why did the old man get on one of the donkeys?
A. Because he wanted to count them.
B. Because he got tired.
C. Because he wanted to look for the sixth.
D. Because he got lost.
( )4. Why couldn’t the old man get the right number?
A. Because he left one donkey at his house.
B. Because he gave one of the donkeys to his friend.
C. Because he didn’t see one of the donkeys.
D. Because he forgot to count the one he got on.
( )5. What can we learn about from the passage?
A. The old man was silly.
B. The old man was funny.
C. One of the donkeys died.
D. The old man didn’t see any donkeys.
B
Do you know how many kinds of earthworms (蚯蚓) there are? There are about one thousand and eight
hundred kinds in the world! They can be brown, purple, red, blue and green. They can be as small as 3 cm
long and as large as 3 meters long.
The best time to see earthworms is at night, especially a cool, damp (潮湿的) night. That’s when they
come up from their holes to look for food. Earthworms don’t like to be in the sun because they breathe (呼
吸) through their skin, and they can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry. So they try to stay down in the earth
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while the sun is out. You may notice that if you happen to dig up (挖出) an earthworm, it soon goes back
into the earth. Sometimes earthworms don’t make them back into the earth. When that happens, you’ll see a
dead worm all dried up by the sun. Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot, because they
can’t breathe in their holes full of water. What a dangerous life!
( )1. There are kinds of earthworms in the world.
A. 800
B. 1,800
C. 1000800
D. 1000
( )2. Why do earthworms like going out on a cool, damp night?
A. Because they feel boring.
B. Because they can’t breathe in their holes.
C. Because they can’t see anything in the daytime.
D. Because it’s a good time for them to look for food.
( )3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Earthworms can be red ,blue or yellow.
B. The largest earthworm can be 3 cm long.
C. Earthworms can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry.
D. Earthworms like to be in the sun.
( )4.
Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot because .
A. they can’t breathe
B. they can find food easily
C. they can stay in the sun
D. they can’t find their holes
( )5. We can easily find earthworms when .
A. it is a sunny day
B. it is a rainy day
C. they are dead
D. they are in their holes
C
Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems
of teenagers.
They feel stressed (紧张) because they have too much homework to do both at school and at home. They
have lots of exams to take. And parents usually send them to different classes at weekends. They don’t have
their own time to do what they are interested in.
Now more and more teenagers are getting short-sighted (近视). They often read in bed or keep reading for
a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some spend too
much time watching TV.
Another serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much food,
but they take little exercise.
I think teenagers should think of ways to deal with the problems. They should make a plan for study and
hobbies (爱好) and find time to relax as much as possible.
( )1. There are main problem(s) in the survey.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
( )2. make(s) the teenagers get short-sighted.
A. Reading in bed too long
B. Eating too much
C. Watching TV too much
D. Both A and C
( )3. Which is NOT true according the passage?
A. Teenagers feel stressed because they have too much homework to do.
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B. Teenagers feel stressed because they have lots of exams.
C. Teenagers feel stressed because they have different classes to take at weekends.
D. Teenagers feel stressed because they can’t watch TV.
( )4. The underlined phrases “are crazy about” mean .
A. 疲于
B. 迷恋
C. 讨厌
D. 擅长
( )5. In the writer’s opinion, how can teenagers relax themselves?
A. They should have a lot of time for fun.
B. They should do some exercise.
C. They should do less homework.
D. They should make a plan for study and hobbies.
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