【即学即练】

I. 从括号内选择合适的内容填空。

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film ________ (is starting, had started).

2. She had lived in China before she ________ (went, had gone) to Thailand.

3. It was fourteen years since he ________ (have quit, had quit) Russia.

4. The grass was yellow because it ________ (hadn't rained, doesn't rain) all summer.

5. We ________ (had thought, thought) to return early but they wouldn't let us go.

6. The parents were happy to know that their son _______ (wins, had won) the match.

7. Sam told me that there ________ (have been, had been) an argument between him and his parents.

8. Tom ________ (has intended, had intended) to stay in the country for only a year or two, but he has been here for five years or so.

II. 用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空。

1. It was the third time that he ________ (be) out of work.

2. By the time I got to the office, the meeting ________ (begin) without me. Therefore, my boss ________ (be) angry with me and I was fired.

3. When I ________ (turn) the radio on yesterday, I ________ (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school.

4. Last week, I ________ (run) into an old friend of mine. We hadn't seen each other for years, and both of us ________ (change) a great deal. I ________ (enjoy) talking to her so much that I ________ (ask) her to have dinner with me.

5. When Jack ________ (enter) the room, I didn't recognise him because he ________ (lose) so much weight. He ________ (look) totally different!

6. The Maya established a very advanced civilisation in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture ________ (disappear) by the time Europeans first ________ (arrive) in the New World.

III. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子。

1. He said ___________________________________ (他已经学了一些英语) before he went to London.