進行時是最近幾年高考中的常考點,也是學生學習中的難點。主要是因為進行時變化多端,用法多樣,下面就它的用法多樣性結合例題加以闡述,與讀者共享。
進行時由助動詞 be+doing構成, 它的用法多樣性主要表現在以下五方面:
一.進行性
進行性是進行時的最基本用法,表示現在(說話的瞬間)正在進行或發生的動作。如:
I1) Look! the monkey is climbing the banana tree.
2) I haven’t accepted his suggestion yet. l’m still consideringit.
例題 A new cinema ________ here. They hope to finish it next month.
A. will be built B. is built C. has been built D. is being built
析:答案是D。所提供的情景They hope to finish it next month.說明電影院還在建設之中,要用現在進行時。
二.暫時性
暫時性是進行時最經常的用法,是指暫時性的事件和暫時性的狀態。表示當前一段時間內的活動或現階段正在進行的動作(說話是動作不一定正在進行)。如:
1) How are you getting along with your English these days?
2) We are preparing for the meeting to be held next Friday now.
例題1)Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because the technology ________ so rapidly.
A. is changing
B. has changed
C. will have changed
D. will change
析:答案是A。表示這種情況正在進行,并強調仍未完成這一概念。
2) I don’t really work here, I ________ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out
B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out
D. will just help out
析:答案為C.所提供的情境是 I don’t really work here,言外之意是我在這兒只是暫時幫忙。
三. 將來性
進行時可以用來指 按計劃、安排即將發生的動作,常用于go, start, set out, leave, reach, arrive, return, come, move, stay, get, take off等位移動詞.如:
1) How long are you staying in Xi’an?
2) How are you getting there?
例題1)I’ve won a ticket for two weeks to Florida. I ________ my mum.
A. am taking B. have taken C. take D. will have taken
析:答案是A,該動作尚未發生,表示一種計劃、打算、安排要發生的事情。
四.習慣性
進行時與always, forever, all the time, constantly等副詞連用時,進行時可以表示說話人現在對主語的行為表 “贊嘆、厭煩、不滿,責備” 等感情色彩,如:
1) You shouldn’t be always translating English into your own language while learning English.
2) The little boy is forever asking silly questions.
3)He is always asking me for money.
例題
lf you really want yourself to be in good health, you must not be always ______so much.
A. smokingB. have smoked
C. to smokeD. smoke
析:答案是A.表示一種責備的語氣.
五.反復性
進行時還可以表示暫時性與重復性的結合。表示在一定的時間內反復進行或一直進行的動作。如:
1) I’m getting up early this week to prepare for my final examinations.
2) I’m expecting you to write to me.
[高考題連接]
1. Shirley ________ a book about China last year, but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote C. had written D. was writing
2. E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.
A.is playing B. have played
C.are playing D. play
3.-Sorry to have interrupted you.Please go on.
-Where was l?
-You ___ you didn’t like your father’s job.(2004北京春招)
A.had said B. said
C.were saying D.had been saying
4.I don’t think Jim saw me; he _______ into space.
A. just stared B. was just staring
C. has just stared D. had just stared
5--Hey, look where you are going.
棗 Oh, I’m terribly sorry. _______.
A. I’m not noticing B. I haven’t noticed
C. I wasn’t noticing D. I don’t notice
6?Have you moved into the new house?
棗 Not yet. My rooms ______.
A. are being painted B. are painting
C. are painted D. are being painting
7.-Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
-I am tired. I _____ the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted
C. have been painting D. have painted
8.Because the shop _______,all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A. has closed down B. closed down
C. is closing down D. had closed down
9.-You were out when l dropped from England at the airport.
-Oh, l ____ for a friend from England at the airport.
A. was waiting B. had waited
C. am waiting D. have waited
10. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ____ going back to school,but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered B.has been considering
C. considered D.is going to consider
11.-Excuse me,sir. Would you do me a favor?
-Of course, what is it?
-l ______ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.
A. has wondered B. was wondering
C. would wonder D. did wonder
12. The reporter said that the UFO _____ east to west when he saw it.
A. was traveling B. traveled
C. had been traveling D. was to travel
13.As she ______ the newspapers ,Granny ____ asleep.
A. read,was falling B. was reading,fell
C. was reading,was falling D. read ,fell
14.Tom _____into the house when no one _____.
A.slipped, was looking
B. had slipped, looked
C. slipped, had looked
D. was slipping, looked
15.—Is this raincoat yours?
o, mine ________ there behind the door.
A. hangs B. has hung C. is hanging D. hung
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