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应对时态考题的五大技巧 | |||
作者:DEKT 文章来源:本站原创 点击数: 更新时间:2013/3/30 |
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一、利用时态标志解题 所谓时态标志,指的就是某些特定的词、短语或句式,在通常情况下要与某种特定的时态连用,如yesterday, last week, last Friday等通常要与一般过去时或过去进行时连用;since, so far, in the past few years等通常要与现在完成时连用;by the end of后接过去时间通常要与过去完成时连用;no sooner…than…, hardly…when…等结构中的主句通常要用过去完成时,而从句通常要用一般过去时;等等。同学们在做题时若能充分利用这些时态标志,同时结合句子语境,就可很快选出正确答案。如: 1. Years ago we didn’t know this, but recent science _________ that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill. A. showed B. has shown C. will show D. is showing 【解析】答案选 B。根据句中表示对照的Years ago和recent可知,虽然“以前不知”,但“现在已经证明了”,所以用现在完成时。 2.—You look very tired. _________ at all last night? —No, not really. I’m tired out now. A. Do you sleep B. Were you sleeping C. Did you sleep D. Had you slept 【解析】答案选C。句中的时间状语last night很明显地表明此处该用一般过去时。注意:不能选B,因为过去进行时表示的是过去正在进行的情况,与句意不符。 二、利用句子语境解题 根据语境命题是近几年来高考英语单项填空题的一个十分重要的趋势,可以毫不夸张地说,每年的单项填空至少有百分之九十五的考题或多或少与语境有一定的关系。所以,同学们在做题时,除根据各个时态的不同用法和特点来分析外,还要充分根据句子本身所提供的语境来分析,不仅要使所填时态语法正确,而且要使句子意思通顺,合情合理。如: 1. I have to go to work by taxi because my car _________ at the garage. A. will be repaired B. is repaired C. is being repaired D. has been repaired 【解析】答案选C。上文说“不得不乘的士去上班”,这就说明车子正在修理,故用进行时态;又由于“车”与“修理”为被动关系,故用现在进行时的被动语态。 2. Since I won the big prize, my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing. People _________ to ask how I am going to spend the money. (湖南卷) A. phone B. will phone C. were phoning D. are phoning 【解析】答案选D。句子上文说“自从我获大奖后,我的电话响过不停”,这就说明人们“给我打电话”这事正在进行,故用现在进行时。 3. Scientists think that the continents _________ always where they _________ today. A. aren’t; are B. aren’t; were C. weren’t; are D. weren’t; were 【解析】答案选C。句意是:科学家们认为各大陆并非一直在它们现在所处的位置。既然过去的位置与现在的位置不同,所以谈论过去情况用一般过去时。 三、利用关键词解题 有的时态考题中往往会隐含有一个或几个对解题起着重要作用的词语,这就是我们所说的“关键词”。同学们在解题时,若能充分挖掘这些关键词,并进行合理地分析和推理,对于得出试题的正确答案将会有很直接的帮助作用。如: 1. It is said that the early European playing-cards _________ for entertainment and education. A. were being designed B. have designed C. have been designed D. were designed 【解析】答案选D。解答此题的关键是要抓住early这一形容词。early European playing-cards的意思是“早期欧洲人玩的扑克牌”,既然是“早期”,肯定就是过去的事了,所以用一般过去时。 2. Listen to the two girls by the window. What language _________? A. did they speak B. were they speaking C. are they speaking D. have they been speaking 【解析】答案选C。解答此题的关键词是Listen to…(听……),由此可知,空格处要用现在进行时态。 |
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