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1. Amon___________his ship in a big storm when a giant fish came out of the sea.

A. will sail B. is sailing C. was sailing D. has sailed

【解析】 句意：Amon驾船在暴风雨中航行时，一条大鱼从海里游了出来。考查动词时态辨析。本句是when引导的时间状语从句，时态遵循“主过从过”;根据when a giant fish came out of the sea可知遇到大雨时Amon正在航行，主句需用过去进行时，故选C。

2. Students in Grade Nine___________a maths exam at this time yesterday.

A. take B. are taking C. were taking D. have taken

【解析】 句意：昨天这个时候九年级的学生正在参加数学考试。考查动词时态辨析。at this time yesterday“昨天这个时候”，用于过去进行时“was / were+doing”结构，根据句意结构和语境，可知选C。

3. —I called you last night， but nobody answered. Where were you then？

—Oh， I___________my pet dog in my yard.

A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. will walk

【解析】 句意：——我昨晚给你打电话了，但是没有人接。那时你在哪里？——哦，我在院子里遛我的宠物狗。考查动词时态辨析。根据句意语境可知，昨晚你打电话时我正在遛狗，需用过去进行时“was / were doing”结构，故选B。

4. Peter with his classmates___________for the bus when the earthquake happened.

A. is waiting B. was waiting C. are waiting D. were waiting

【解析】 句意：地震发生时，彼得和他的同学们正在等公共汽车。选项A和C是现在进行时;选项B和D是过去进行时。根据句意可知这一动作正在发生，因此句子Peter with his classmates___________for the bus应该用过去进行时，排除A和C;又因为Peter with his classmates中的with表示伴随，因此本题的主语是Peter，为单数，所以be动词用was，故选B。

5. Sorry， I didn't see you， because I___________a picture.

A. draw B. drew C. was drawing D. have drawn

【解析】 句意：对不起，我没看见你，因为我在画画。根据I didn't see you可知是过去那个时候在画画，所以用过去进行时态;draw为一般现在时态的结构，drew为一般过去时态的结构， was drawing为过去进行时态的结构，have drawn为现在完成时态的结构，故选C。

6. —Linda， you weren't at home at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.

—I___________soccer with my classmates when you called me.

A. play B. was playing C. was play  D. played

【解析】 句意：——琳达，你昨天下午五点不在家。——你给我打电话的时候我正和我的同学们踢足球。A为一般现在时;B为过去进行时;选项C的结构不对，故排除;D为一般过去时，根据at five o'clock yesterday afternoon“昨天下午五点”，可知本题的时态应该用过去进行时，指昨天下午五点的时候，正在发生的事情。其结构是：was / were+动词的现在分词，选B。

7. —Oh！ What's wrong with your finger？

—I hurt it while I___________a model plane.

A. made B. was making C. am making D. make

【解析】 句意：——哦，你的手指怎么了？——我在制作飛机模型的时候伤到了它。made“制作”，是make的过去式;was making过去进行时;am making现在进行时;make制作，动词原形。根据句意可知，这件事已经发生了，应用过去时态，C和D不对;while引导的时间状语从句中，常用过去进行时，故选B。

8. —Didn't you hear Dad call you？

—No， I didn't. I___________with Jack on the phone.

A. am talking B. would talk C. have talked D. was talking

【解析】句意：——你没听见爸爸打电话给你吗？——不，我没有。我正在通过电话和Jack交谈。am talking“正在交谈”，现在进行时;would talk“将会交谈”，过去将来时;have talked“已经交谈”，现在完成时;was talking“正在交谈”，过去进行时。根据上文Didn't you hear Dad call you？及下文No， I didn't.回答可知下文是用过去进行时，根据题意，故选D。

9. Tom said he___________basketball with his classmates from 4：00 to 6：00 yesterday afternoon.

A. is played B. was playing C. plays D. had played

【解析】句意：湯姆说他昨天下午4点到6点正在和同学们一起打篮球。考查过去进行时。is played一般现在时的被动语态;was playing过去进行时;plays第三人称单数;had played过去完成时。根据句意可知是昨天下午4点到6点正在和同学们一起打篮球，表示过去某一时间段内正在发生或进行的动作或状态，应用过去进行时，其构成为“was / were+动词的现在分词”，主语he是单数，用was，play basketball“打篮球”，play的现在分词是playing，故答案选B。

【实战演练】

1. —______________did the rainstorm come？

—While we___________a physics lesson yesterday.

A. When; have had B. While; are having C. When; were having D. While; have

2. —Were you at home at 9 o'clock last night？

—Yes. I___________a shower at that time.

A. took B. was taking C. was taken D. am taking

3. —I went to your office at 9：00 yesterday morning， but you were not in.

—Sorry， I___________with the manager in the meeting room at that time.

A. am talking B. was talking  C. were talking D. have talked

4. —I went to your home yesterday morning， but you weren't in.

—Well， I___________along the river at that time.

A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. have walked

5. —Hi， I didn't see you at John's birthday party last night.

—Oh， I___________the book report at that time.

A. prepared for B. prepare for C. am preparing for D. was preparing for

6. —Alex， why didn't you answer my call at nine last night？

—Sorry. I___________my mobile phone at home. I___________basketball in the park with my

friends.

A. forgot; played B. forgot; was playing  C. left; played D. left; was playing

7. My English teacher took a photo of me while I___________at the sports meeting.

A. run    B. was running    C. ran      D. running

8. —Did you notice a man passing by？

—No， I___________on the phone.

A. talk  B. am talking  C. was talking      D. talked

9. Lucy___________her friends the whole morning， but they didn't show up.

A. expects  B. will expect    C. is expecting        D. was expecting

10. —I went to see you yesterday evening. But you weren't in. Where were you then？

—I___________a walk by the lake with my father.

A. was having      B. am having    C. have had        D. had