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。
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個方面:
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。例如:
1) Look!the monkey is climbing the banana tree.
2) I haven’t accepted his suggestion yet. l’mstill considering it.
例題 A new cinema ________ here. They hope to finish it next month.
A. will be builtB. is built
C. has been built D. is being built
解析:答案為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,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(說話時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
解析:答案為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
解析: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。例如:
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 takingB. have taken
C. take D. will have taken
解析:答案為A,該動作尚未發生,表示計劃、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,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,例如:
1) You shouldn’t be always translatingEnglish 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. smoking B. have smoked
C. to smokeD. smoke
解析: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。例如:
1) I’m getting up early this week to prepare for my final examinations.
2) I’m expecting you to write to me.
【高考題鏈接】
1. Shirley ________ a book about China last year, but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. has writtenB. wrote
C. had writtenD. was writing
2. E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playingB. have played
C. are playingD. play
3. — Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.
— Where was I?
— You ________ you didn’t like your father’s job.
A.had saidB. said
C.were sayingD.had been saying
4. I don’t think Jim saw me; he ________into space.
A.just staredB. was just staring
C. has just staredD. had just stared
5. — Hey, look where you are going.
— Oh, I’m terribly sorry. ________ .
A. I’m not noticingB. I haven’t noticed
C. I wasn’t noticing D. I don’t notice
6. — Have you moved into the new house?
— Not yet. My rooms ________ .
A. are being paintedB. are painting
C. are paintedD. 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. — 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
9. As she ________ the newspapers ,Granny________ asleep.
A. read,was falling
B. was reading,fell
C. was reading,was falling
D. read ,fell
10. Tom ________ into the house when no one ________ .
A. slipped, was looking
B. had slipped, looked
C. slipped, had looked
D. was slipping, looked
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