第 7 讲 动词的时态和语态
1. The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant______in his place but, luckily, everything was going on smoothly. (2011浙江卷)
A. gave B. gives
C. was giving D. had given
【答案及解析】1. C 考查动词的时态。句意为“经理担心着他的助手代替他所举办的新闻发布会。
【答案及解析】幸运的是，一切进展顺利。”经理担心的时候正是助手举办新闻发布会之时，过去进行时表示过去某时正在进行的动作。易误选A项，gave表示过去的动作发生过，这与后面everything was going on smoothly不符，因为事情还在进展中。
2. If you plant watermelon seeds in the spring, you ______ fresh watermelon in the fall.(2010浙江卷)
A. eat B. would eat
C. have eaten D. will be eating
【答案及解析】2. D 句意：如果你在春天种下西瓜种子，你会在秋天吃到新鲜的西瓜。可以判断这是真实的条件从句，会发生的事情，所以选择will be eating表将来。
3. For many years, people ______ electric cars. However, making them has been more difficult than predicted. (2010浙江卷)
A. had dreamed of B. have dreamed of
C. dreamed of D. dream of
【答案及解析】3. B 句意：许多年来，人们都一直梦想着电动汽车。然而，制造它们比想象中要难得多。由此推断此处的梦想从过去到现在。目前，市场上已经有了电动汽车，所以应用现在完成时。
4. Over the past decades, sea ice ______ in the Arctic as a result of global warming.(2009浙江卷)
A. had decreased B. decreased
C. has been decreasing D. is decreasing
【答案及解析】4. C 句意：在过去的几十年中，由于全球变暖，北冰洋的海冰一直在减少。
5. — What do you think of the movie?
— It's fantastic.The only pity is that I ______ the beginning of it.(2009浙江卷)
A. missed B. had missed
C. miss D. would miss
【答案及解析】5. A 根据语境，“错过电影开头”这一动作发生在过去，故用过去时。