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Unit 8 Life in the future
Grammar 语法学习—过去进行时
1、过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或者某段时间__________________________的动作，常和表过去的时间状
语连用，如：
I ____________ my homework at this time yesterday.
昨天的这个时候我正在做作业。
They ________________ you yesterday.他们昨天一直在等你。
二、过去进行时的构成：
肯定形式：_______________________________________
否定形式：_______________________________________
疑问形式：_______________________________________
三、基本用法：
1. 过去进行时表示过去某一段时间或某一时刻正在进行的动作。常与之连用的时间状语有，
at that time/moment, (at) this time yesterday (last night/Sunday/week…),
at+点钟+yesterday (last night / Sunday…)，when sb. did sth等时间状语从句，
如：What __________________________ at 7p.m. yesterday 昨天晚上七点你在干什么？
I first met Mary three years ago. She _____________at a radio shop at the time.
我第一次遇到玛丽是在三年前，当时她在一家无线电商店工作。
I _____________when she knocked at the door. 她敲门时我正在做饭。
2. when后通常用表示暂短性动词，while后通常用表示持续性动词，因此它所引导的状语从
句中，谓语动词常用进行时态，如：
When the car exploded I was walking past it.= _________ I was walking past the car it exploded.
3. when用作并列连词时，主句常用进行时态，从句则用一般过去时，表示主句动作发生的过
程中，另一个意想不到的动作发生了。如：
I_____________ in the street when someone called me. 我正在街上走时突然有人喊我。
4. when作并列连词，表示“（这时）突然”之意时，第一个并列分句用过去进行时，when引
导的并列分句用一般过去时。如：
I __________________________ when I met him. 我正在散步，突然遇见了他。
We__________________________when it began to rain. 我们正在外边玩，这时下起雨来了
四、一般过去时与过去进行时的用法比较：
一般过去时表示“在过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的_____________”，而过去进行时则表示“在过去
某个特定时间_____________的动作”。如：
Tom __________________ to his friend last night.
汤姆昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。（信写完了）
Tom _____________ to his friend last night.
汤姆昨晚一直在给他的朋友写信。（信不一定写完，只是强调了动作的延续性）。
语法练习
一、单项选择。
1.Students in Grade Nine ____________a maths exam at this time yesterday.
A. take B. are taking C. were taking D. have taken
2.Amon ____________ his ship in a big storm when a giant fish came out of the sea.
A. will sail B. is sailing C. was sailing D. has sailed
3.---Hurry up! ---One moment. I ______ my e-mail and then I’m ready to go.
A. read B. am reading C. was reading D. have read
4.---I’ve never seen Mr. Taylor before.
---Don’t worry. I ______ him to you before the meeting.
A. will introduce B. introduced C. have introduced D. had introduced
5.— I called you last night, but nobody answered. Where were you then
— Oh, I ____________ my pet dog in my yard.
A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. will walk
6.–Linda, Dad has finished his work and we ___________ to the gym to pick you up.
-Thank you, Mum.
A. drive B. drove C. have driven D. are driving
7.—It's ten years since we came here.
—How time flies! We ____ in China for so long.
A. work B. worked C. will work D. have worked
8. While we _______ the picnic, it _______ to rain.
A. are having; started B. have; is starting
C. were having; started D. were having; was starting
9. He ______ in Italy when he _______ the accident.
A. travelled; had B. was travelling; had
C. was travelling; was having D. travelled; was having
10 — Why were you angry
— Because they _______ too much noise.
A. are making B. were making C. make D. have made
二、用词的正确形式填空（请思考学会各种时态的分辨 )
1.It _______________ ( rain ) when I went out yesterday.
2.My father __________(play) a basketball match at nine last night.
3. They ______________ (practise ) singing at that time
4. While he _____________ ( read ) , he _________ ( listen ) to the music yesterday.
5. The engineers ___________ （test）the new machine when the electricity ___________ （go）off.
6. While Mum ___________ （put）Kevin to bed, the doorbell ___________ （ring）.
7. She and I _______ （take）a walk together every evening.
8. Su Hai and Su Yang _________(have) eight lessons this term.
9.My aunt is a writer. She _______ (write)more than ten books since 2000.
10.My pen pal said he would write to me, but I _______ (receive)any letters from him so far.
11. There (be)a meeting tomorrow afternoon.
12.Before he (leave), Xian became the schools best student and won several prizes for his talents.
13. Too much care spoils their fun when they . (grow up)
14. She promised to help him and _________ (give)him three golden apples.
15.A new road _________(build) near my school next year.
三、语法选择。
A
Today, the technology is getting better and better. Have you ___1____ about what life will be like in the future
In the future, we won't have to buy many clothes 2 our daily lives. We will wear 3 special kind of clothes. We can be warm when the weather is cold and be cool when 4 is hot by wearing them. They will have many different colours for us _____5_____at any time.
In the future, there will 6 more and more kinds of food that we can choose. The food will be 7 and cheaper than it is now.
In the future, all of 8 will live in special houses which can move anywhere. When we want to change the place we live in, they will take us 9 without any trouble.
In the future, we won't have to go to work by bus or bike. 10 will have a small but useful plane. We can take it 11 anywhere we like. In the future, maybe each family will have a robot, 12 our mothers won't be busy with housework. 13 we feel ill, we can see a doctor through the computer and we don't have to go to hospital.
The teachers will teach students through computers instead of 14 classes at school. Life in the future will be 15 easier than it is now.
1 A. think B. thought C. thinking D. to think
2 A. by B. in C. towards D. at
3 A. a B. an C. the D. /
4 A. this B. he C. it D. she
5 A. to change B. changing C. changed D. change
6 A. be B. been C .have D. has
7 A. delicious B. more delicious C. most delicious D. deliciously
8 A. we B. us C. our D. ours
9 A. quick B. quicker C. quickly D. more quickly
10 A. Someone B. Nobody C. Anyone D. Everyone
11 A. to go B. going C. gone D. go
12 A. so B. but C. because D. although
13 A. Where B. Why C. What D When
14 A. to have B. having C. had D. have had
15 A. most B. more C. much D. many
B
What might the future be like Here 1 some predictions: things to come and things to go.
The Spring Festival is one of 2 Chinese holidays, but it has caused headaches for 3 Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making the journey of 4 home difficult. But in a few years, Spring Festival travel may not be 5 problem at all. China plans 6 more than 120, 000 kilometers of railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And 7 most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to 8 places to find a job.
Newspapers 9 to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will 10 to personal web tools through the Internet. Readers can 11 topics with journalists and editors. Information will move 12 than now.
Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important 13 the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring 14 books to puters will be the 15 library, school bag and connection to the outside world. Robot teachers will check homework on computers and communicate with the students' parents through e-mail. And school buses will be comfortable and safe, just like spaceships.
1. A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. A. important B. more important C. most important D. the most important
3. A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of
4. A. went B. going C. gone D. goes
5. A. a B. an C. the D. /
6. A. building B. to build C. to be built D. build
7. A. though B. when C. because D. although
8. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
9. A. come B. will come C. came D. comes
10. A. send B. sent C. be sending D. be sent
11. A. discuss B. discussed C. discussing D. to discuss
12. A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. fastly
13. A. over B. without C. among D. after
14. A. theirs B. them C. they D. their
15. A. student B. students C. student’s D. students’
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Unit 8 Life in the future
Grammar 语法学习—过去进行时
1、过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或者某段时间__________________________的动作，常和表过去的时间状
语连用，如：
I _____________ my homework at this time yesterday.昨天的这个时候我正在做作业。
They ___________________ you yesterday.他们昨天一直在等你。
二、过去进行时的构成：
肯定形式：_______________________________________
否定形式：____________________________________________________
疑问形式：_______________________________________
三、基本用法：
1. 过去进行时表示过去某一段时间或某一时刻正在进行的动作。常与之连用的时间状语有，
at that time/moment, (at) this time yesterday (last night/Sunday/week…),
at+点钟+yesterday (last night / Sunday…)，when sb. did sth等时间状语从句，
如：What __________________________ at 7p.m. yesterday 昨天晚上七点你在干什么？
I first met Mary three years ago. She _____________at a radio shop at the time.
我第一次遇到玛丽是在三年前，当时她在一家无线电商店工作。
I _____________when she knocked at the door. 她敲门时我正在做饭。
2. when后通常用表示暂短性动词，while后通常用表示持续性动词，因此它所引导的状语从
句中，谓语动词常用进行时态，如：
When the car exploded I was walking past it.= _________ I was walking past the car it exploded.
3. when用作并列连词时，主句常用进行时态，从句则用一般过去时，表示主句动作发生的过
程中，另一个意想不到的动作发生了。如：
I_____________ in the street when someone called me. 我正在街上走时突然有人喊我。
4. when作并列连词，表示“（这时）突然”之意时，第一个并列分句用过去进行时，when引
导的并列分句用一般过去时。如：
I __________________________ when I met him. 我正在散步，突然遇见了他。
We__________________________when it began to rain. 我们正在外边玩，这时下起雨来了
四、一般过去时与过去进行时的用法比较：
一般过去时表示“在过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的_____________”，而过去进行时则表示“在过去
某个特定时间_____________的动作”。如：
Tom __________________ to his friend last night.
汤姆昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。（信写完了）
Tom _____________ to his friend last night.
汤姆昨晚一直在给他的朋友写信。（信不一定写完，只是强调了动作的延续性）。
语法练习
一、单项选择。
1.Students in Grade Nine ____________a maths exam at this time yesterday. （2019，江苏宿迁卷）
A. take B. are taking C. were taking D. have taken
【答案】C
【解析】句意：昨天这个时候九年级的学生正在参加数学考试。考查动词时态辨析。at this time yesterday昨天这个时候，用于过去进行时“was/were + doing”结构；根据句意结构和语境，可知选C。
2.Amon ____________ his ship in a big storm when a giant fish came out of the sea. （2019，江苏苏州卷）
A. will sail B. is sailing C. was sailing D. has sailed
【答案】C
【解析】句意：阿蒙驾船在暴风雨中航行时，一条大鱼从海里游了出来。考查动词时态辨析。本句是when引导的时间状语从句，时态遵循主过从过；根据when a giant fish came out of the sea.可知遇到大雨时阿蒙正在航行，主句需用过去进行时，故选C。
3.---Hurry up! ---One moment. I ______ my e-mail and then I’m ready to go. （2019，江西卷）
A. read B. am reading C. was reading D. have read
【答案】B
【解析】句意：——快点！——马上，我在读电子邮件，我准备走了。根据read一般现在时态的结构，am reading现在进行时态的结构，was reading过去进行时态的结构， have read现在完成时态的结构；根据One moment.和 then I’m ready to go.可知是我正在读，现在进行时态；故选B。
4.---I’ve never seen Mr. Taylor before. （2019，江西卷）
---Don’t worry. I ______ him to you before the meeting.
A. will introduce B. introduced C. have introduced D. had introduced
【答案】A
【解析】句意：——以前我从来没见过Taylor先生。——不要担心，开会前我会把他介绍给你的。根据will introduce一般将来时态的结构，introduced一般过去时态的结构，have introduced现在完成时态的结构，had introduced过去完成时态的结构；根据Don’t worry.和 before the meeting.可知是将来时态；故选A。
5.— I called you last night, but nobody answered. Where were you then （2019，山东滨州卷）
— Oh, I ____________ my pet dog in my yard.
A. walked B. was walking C. am walking D. will walk
【答案】B
【解析】句意：——我昨晚给你打电话了，但是没有人接。那时你在哪里 ——哦，我在院子里遛我的宠物狗。考查动词时态辨析。根据句意语境可知，昨晚你打电话时我正在遛狗，需用过去进行时“was/were doing”结构，故选B。
6.–Linda, Dad has finished his work and we ___________ to the gym to pick you up. (2019，浙江温州卷）
-Thank you, Mum.
A. drive B. drove C. have driven D. are driving
【答案】D
【解析】句意：——Linda，爸爸下班了，我们就要开车去健身房接你。——谢谢你们，妈妈。考查现在进行时。A. drive驾驶、开车，动词原形；B. drove过去式；C. have driven现在完成时；D. are driving现在进行时。根据Linda, Dad has finished his work and we _____ to the gym to pick you up. 可知，前半句用的是现在完成时，表示动作发生在过去，对现在造成的影响，即爸爸的工作已完成，那么现在的话就是要开车去接你，所以这里应该是“就要开车去接你”；drive可以用现在进行时形式表示将来。故答案选D。
7.—It's ten years since we came here（2019，安徽卷）
—How time flies! We ____ in China for so long.
A. work B. worked C. will work D. have worked
【答案】D
【解析】句意：-自从我们来到这里已经有10年了。-时间过得真快啊！我们在中国工作了这么长时间了。work工作，动词原形；worked工作，一般过去时；will work一般将来时；have worked现在完成时。根据对话的情景以及句中的时间状语for so long可知，这里表示从过去一直持续到现在的一个动作，应用现在完成时，故选D。
8. While we _______ the picnic, it _______ to rain.
A. are having; started B. have; is starting
C. were having; started D. were having; was starting
【答案】C
【解析】句意：当我们在野餐时，下雨了。考查时态。过去进行时表示在过去某一个动作发生时，
另一个动作正在发生。故答案选C
9. He ______ in Italy when he _______ the accident.
A. travelled; had B. was travelling; had
C. was travelling; was having D. travelled; was having
【答案】B
【解析】表示过去某个动作正在进行时，另一个动作发生了。此时通常用when连接。
10 — Why were you angry
— Because they _______ too much noise.
A. are making B. were making C. make D. have made
【答案】B
【解析】根据题意这表示过去某一特定时刻正在进行的动作故用过去进行时。
二、用词的正确形式填空（请思考学会各种时态的分辨 )
1.It _______________ ( rain ) when I went out yesterday.
2.My father __________(play) a basketball match at nine last night.
3. They ______________ (practise ) singing at that time
4. While he _____________ ( read ) , he _________ ( listen ) to the music yesterday.
5. The engineers ___________ （test）the new machine when the electricity ___________ （go）off.
6. While Mum ___________ （put）Kevin to bed, the doorbell ___________ （ring）.
7. She and I _______ （take）a walk together every evening.
8. Su Hai and Su Yang _________(have) eight lessons this term.
9.My aunt is a writer. She _______ (write)more than ten books since 2000.
10.My pen pal said he would write to me, but I _______ (receive)any letters from him so far.
11. There (be)a meeting tomorrow afternoon.
12.Before he (leave), Xian became the schools best student and won several prizes for his talents.
13. Too much care spoils their fun when they . (grow up)
14. She promised to help him and _________ (give)him three golden apples.
15.A new road _________(build) near my school next year.
【答案】1.was raining 2.was playing 3.were pratising 4. Was reading was listening 5.were testing went 6.was putting rang 7.take 8.have 9.has written 10.have received 11.will be/is going to be 12.left 13.are growing up 14.gave 15.will be built
三、语法选择。
A
Today, the technology is getting better and better. Have you ___1____ about what life will be like in the future
In the future, we won't have to buy many clothes 2 our daily lives. We will wear 3 special kind of clothes. We can be warm when the weather is cold and be cool when 4 is hot by wearing them. They will have many different colours for us _____5_____at any time.
In the future, there will 6 more and more kinds of food that we can choose. The food will be 7 and cheaper than it is now.
In the future, all of 8 will live in special houses which can move anywhere. When we want to change the place we live in, they will take us 9 without any trouble.
In the future, we won't have to go to work by bus or bike. 10 will have a small but useful plane. We can take it 11 anywhere we like. In the future, maybe each family will have a robot, 12 our mothers won't be busy with housework. 13 we feel ill, we can see a doctor through the computer and we don't have to go to hospital.
The teachers will teach students through computers instead of 14 classes at school. Life in the future will be 15 easier than it is now.
1 A. think B. thought C. thinking D. to think
2 A. by B. in C. towards D. at
3 A. a B. an C. the D. /
4 A. this B. he C. it D. she
5 A. to change B. changing C. changed D. change
6 A. be B. been C .have D. has
7 A. delicious B. more delicious C. most delicious D. deliciously
8 A. we B. us C. our D. ours
9 A. quick B. quicker C. quickly D. more quickly
10 A. Someone B. Nobody C. Anyone D. Everyone
11 A. to go B. going C. gone D. go
12 A. so B. but C. because D. although
13 A. Where B. Why C. What D When
14 A. to have B. having C. had D. have had
15 A. most B. more C. much D. many
【答案】BBCCA ABBCD AADBC
B
What might the future be like Here 1 some predictions: things to come and things to go.
The Spring Festival is one of 2 Chinese holidays, but it has caused headaches for 3 Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making the journey of 4 home difficult. But in a few years, Spring Festival travel may not be 5 problem at all. China plans 6 more than 120, 000 kilometers of railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And 7 most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to 8 places to find a job.
Newspapers 9 to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will 10 to personal web tools through the Internet. Readers can 11 topics with journalists and editors. Information will move 12 than now.
Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important 13 the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring 14 books to puters will be the 15 library, school bag and connection to the outside world. Robot teachers will check homework on computers and communicate with the students' parents through e-mail. And school buses will be comfortable and safe, just like spaceships.
1. A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. A. important B. more important C. most important D. the most important
3. A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of
4. A. went B. going C. gone D. goes
5. A. a B. an C. the D. /
6. A. building B. to build C. to be built D. build
7. A. though B. when C. because D. although
8. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
9. A. come B. will come C. came D. comes
10. A. send B. sent C. be sending D. be sent
11. A. discuss B. discussed C. discussing D. to discuss
12. A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. fastly
13. A. over B. without C. among D. after
14. A. theirs B. them C. they D. their
15. A. student B. students C. student’s D. students’
【答案】 BDDBA BCABD ABCDD
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