（英语）高中英语过去完成时解题技巧及练习题一、单项选择过去完成时1．By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.A．have cooked B．were cooking C．had cooked D．would cook【答案】C【解析】在英文中用by the time构成的从句修饰主句，主句通常用过去完成时，结构为had+过去分词，故本题选C。

2． Although most adopted persons want the right to know who their natural parents are, some who have found them wish that they ______ the experience of meeting.A．haven’t B．hadn’tC．hadn’t had D．haven’t had【答案】C【解析】试题分析：考查虚拟语气。

动词wish引导的虚拟语气，与过去事实相反，用had + v-ed。

句意：虽然大多数被收养的人有权知道他们的亲身父母是谁，一些已经找到他们的希望他们没有遇到的经历。

故C正确。

考点：考查虚拟语气3．By the time he arrived in Beijing, we _______ there for two days.A．will have stayed B．stay C．have been staying D．had stayed【答案】D【解析】考查时态。

by the time用完成时态，根据arrive用过去时态，故用过去完成时，表动作先于发生。

选D。

4．---What’s wrong with your cell phone? I can’t get through.--- Oh, my line was cut off because I ________ my bill.A．haven’t paid B．hadn’t paid C．wasn’t paying D．don’t pay【答案】B【解析】本题考查时态。

根据“我的线路被切断了”是过去发生的事情，而应为我没有付我的账单是在“我的线路被切断了”之前，故用过去完成时。

选B。

5．It was not until 3 days later that the boy came back to life and explained to the policewhat_______ to him.A．was happening B．was to happen C．had happened D．has happened【答案】C【解析】考查时态。

句意为：两个星期后，那个男孩才苏醒过来，向警方解释到底发生了什么事。

happen发生在explain之前，是“过去的过去”，用过去完成时。

6．By the time Jack returned home from England, his son. from college.A．graduated B．has graduatedC．had been D．had graduated【答案】D【解析】考查动词时态，By the time 截止到过去某时间为止做了某事，用过去完成时态。

A是一般过去时；B是现在完成时；C是过去完成进行时。

根据句子意思“截止到Jack从英国返家，他的儿子已经大学毕业了。

7．Mr. Chapman retired at 70 after he nearly 40 years with the Gas Company．A．had spent B．has spent C．spends D．would spend【答案】A【解析】本题考查时态。

根据语境Mr. Chapman退休已经发生在过去，所以动作spend度过，是过去的过去，故用过去完成时。

选A。

8．I arrived late and missed the flight. I ____ the traffic to be so heavy.A．hadn’t expected B．haven’t expectedC．wouldn’t expect D．was expected【答案】A【解析】考查时态。

根据语境我迟到是过去，期盼为过去的过去。

句意：我来迟了，错过了航班。

我没想到交通会是如此堵。

9．Sally was excited to meet Susan at the party last night．They _____ each other since they graduated from Oxford University in 2010．A．haven’t seen B．hadn’t seenC．didn’t see D．don’t see【答案】B【解析】since,自从。

以后。

上句的表语是感到激动（“was excited”），这个状态发生在昨晚（“last night”），也就是过去。

因此他们还没彼此见面（“They hadn’t seen each other”），这个动作发生在昨晚以前，也就是过去的过去。

用过去完成时10．Could I do some explanations? Ito call on you yesterday, but someone came to see me just when I was about to leave.A．had intended B．intended C．would intend D．was intending【答案】A【解析】考查固定搭配。

have intended to do sth. =" intend" to have done sth.“本打算做某事”。

根据yesterday可知，事情发生在过去，故用过去完成时，意为“本打算......”。

故选A。

11．Wedidn’tget a hotel room because we ______ in advance.A．hadn’t booked B．haven’t bookedC．weren’t booking D．wouldn’t book【答案】A【解析】试题分析：考查时态。

句意：因为我们没有提前预定，我们没有拿到宾馆房间。

原句中没有拿到房间使用了一般过去时“didn't get ....”，而预定宾馆是在之前就已经发生的事情，要使用过去完成时，表示在过去的过去就发生的事情。

故A项正确。

考点：考查时态12．------You went to the“Bird’s Nest”last month, didn’t you？------Yes. That was the second time I ________ to Beijing National Stadium.A．have been B．wereC．had been D．would be【答案】C【解析】考查虚拟语气。

表示“是某人第几次做某事”：That/This/It is＋the first/second…last time＋that clause（从句的谓语用现在完成时）；That/This/It was＋the first/second…last time＋that clause（从句的谓语用过去完成时）。

考点：固定句式中的虚拟语气13．I ______the paper before my lawyer explained the details to me.A．signed B．had signedC．signs D．has signed【答案】B【解析】试题分析：考查过去完成时。

句意：在我的律师和我详细说明之前我就已经签字了。

由题中时间点可知是过去完成时，故选B。

考点：考查过去完成时14．As long as my drive tester instructed me to pull into the parking lot, I was sure I ______.A．passed B．have passedC．was passed D．had passed【答案】D【解析】试题分析：考查时态。

选项A为一般过去式；选项B为现在完成时；选项C为一般过去式被动语态；选项D为过去完成时。

句意：只要驾考教练让我把车停到停车场，我就确定我已经通过了考试。

当“我”把车停到停车场时，我确定自己考试通过，此时考试结束和考试通过是同时发生的动作，所以通过考试应在I was sure之前，故应用过去完成时。

故选D.考点：考查时态。

15．The joke was so interesting that we all burst out laughing. Never before __________ heard a joke like that.A．I have B．I hadC．have I D．had I【答案】D【解析】试题分析：考察时态与倒装。

前面的was表示过去时，当never等表否定的词放在句首时谓语动词倒装。

句意：这个笑话如此有趣以至于我们突然大笑，以前从未听过像它一样有趣的故事。

故选D考点：考察时态与倒装16．They became friends again that day. Until then they ______to each other for nearly two years.A．didn’t speak B．hadn’t spokenC．haven’t spoken D．haven’t been speaking【答案】B【解析】试题分析：考查时态：句意：他们在那天又成为了好朋友，直到那时他们已经近两年没有说话了。

从They became friends again that day.可知他们两年没有说话是到那天为止发，属于过去的过去的动作，用过去完成时，选B。

考点：考查时态17．I___there little more than a week when I set to work with the scientist.A．would be B．have beenC．had been D．will be【答案】C【解析】过去完成时表示一个动作或状态在过去某一时间或动作之前已经完成或结束，即“过去的过去”。

根据所提供的情景“when I set to work with the scientist”可判断出与这位科学家一起工作之前已过去一周多一点的时间。