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2021年1月21日发(作者：丰越人)
The Old Cat

An
old
woman
had
a

cat
was
very
old;
she
could
not
run
quickly,and
she
could
not
bite,because
she
was
so

day
the
old
cat
saw
a
mouse;
she
jumped
and
caught
the
she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away,because the
cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the began to
hit the cat said,
would work for you still,but I am too not be unkind to the old,but remember what good
work the old did when they were young.

【译文】

老猫

一位老妇有只猫
,
这只猫很老
,
它跑不快了
,
也咬 不了东西
,
因为它年纪太大了
.
一天
,
老猫发现一
只老鼠
,
它跳过去抓这只老鼠
,
然而
,
它咬不住这只老鼠< br>.
因此
,
老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了
,
因为老猫
咬不了它
.
于是
,
老妇很生气
,
因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死
.
她开始打这只猫
,
猫说：
“不要打你的老仆人
,
我已经为你服务了很多年
,
而且还愿意为你效劳
,
但是
,
我 实在太老了
,
对年纪大的不要这么无情
,
要
记住老年人在年青时所做 过的有益的事情
.
”






英语动词时态详解：一般过去时

一、一般过去时的定义

一般过去 时表示过去某一时候或某一段时间所发生了的事情或存在的状态。常与过去时间
yesterday, this morning, just now, a moment ago, in May, last night / year / week, once upon a
time, the other day, in the past
等连用。如：

What did you do yesterday?
昨天你干了什么？

I met Lin Tao this morning.
今天上午我会到了林涛。

I was there a moment ago.
刚才我在那儿。


二、一般过去时的应用

1.
一般过去时表示过去

(1)
表示过去发生的动作或存在的状态：

He bought the computer five years ago.
这电脑是他五年前买的。

It was then a small fishing village
．那时它只是一个小渔村。

(2)
表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作：

We often played together when we were children
．我们小时候常在一起玩。

注：表过去习惯性的动词，也可用
used to
或
would
：

He used to go to work by bus.
他过去常乘公共汽车去上班。

2.
一般过去时表示现在

(1)
在宾语从句中，由于时态呼应的关系，可用一般过去时表示现在：

I didn
’
t know you were here.
我不知道你在这儿。
(were
实际上指现在
)
I didn
’
t know you were so busy
．我没想到你这么忙。
(were
实际上指现在
)
(2)
表示客气委婉的现在

I wondered if you were free this evening.
不知您今晚是否有空。

I thought you might like some flowers.
我想您也许想要些花。

注：能这样有的动词主要限于
want, wonder, think, hope, intend
等少数动词。

(3)
用于某些特殊结构中表示现在

It
’
s time we started.
我们该动身了。

I wish I knew his name.
要是我知道他的名字就好了。

I
’
d rather you lived closer to us.
我希望你能住得离我们近点。

注：
该用法主要用于
it
’
s time, I wish, I
’
d rather, if only, as if, as though
等少数结构后接从句
的情形，其中有些结构后面的句子还可用一般过去时表示将来：

I
’
d rather you come next Monday.
我宁愿你下周星期一来。

另外表主观想法的虚拟条件句也用一般过去时表示现在：

If I had the money now I
’
d buy a car.
假若我现在有钱，我就买辆小汽车。

三、一般过去时对谓语动词的要求
< br>一般过去时的谓语动词要用动词的过去式。
动词过去式的构成分规则变化和不规则变化两种
形式，不规则变化通常需要逐个记忆，规则变化则遵循以下原则：

(1)
一般在动词后加
-ed
。如：
play
—
played,
climb-climbed,
offer
—
offered,
weigh
—
weighed,
destroy
—

destroyed, sign
—
signed.
(2)
在以 字母
e
结尾的动词后，
只加
-d
。
如：
like< br>—
liked, hate
—

hated, provide
—
provided, date
—
dated
。

(3)
在以“辅音字母
+y
”结尾的动词后，则改
y
为
i
，再加—
ed
。如：
study
—

studied,
worry- worried,


supply
—
supplied, ,

(4)
在以单短元音的重读闭音节结尾且，末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词后，双写 最后一个
辅音字母，
再加
-ed
。
如：
plan
—
planned, stop-stopped, shop-shopped,

refer
—
referred, regret
—
regretted, ban
—
banned.
四、特别说明

有些动词的过去时，如：
expect, hope, intend, plan, wanted
等一般过去时，后接不定式的完
成时；
或它们的过去完成时接不定式的一般式，
都可表示过去未曾实现的意图、
打算或希望。
如：

I hoped to have been invited to his wedding party.
—
I had hoped to be invited to his wedding
ceremony.
我本希望他来邀请我参加他的婚礼。

I intended to have joined their games.
—
I had intended to join their games.
我本打算参加他们
的比赛。


五、典型考题（附详解）

1. Helen ______ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ______ home.
A.
has
left;
comes





B. left;
had
come






C.
had
left;
came






D.
had
left;
would
come
解析：答案选

C
。
leave
应发生在

had to wait
这个过去动作之前，
“过去的过去”用过去完
成时
;
后一空用一般过去时表示过去将来。

2.
—
Nancy is not coming tonight.
—
But she ______!
A.
promises














B.
promised













C.
will
promise








D.
had
promised
解析：答案选

B
。
“但她曾经答应要来的”
，过去的许诺，故用一般过去时。

3.
—You haven’t said a word about my n
ew coat, Brenda. Do you like it?
—
I’m sorry I ______ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.

A. wasn’t saying







B. don’t say













C. won’t say












D. didn’t say

解析：答案选

D
。用一般过去时，指“我刚才没急于说”
。

4. All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervousness ______.
A.
has
grown












B.
is
growing











C.
grew



















D.
had
grown
解析：答案选

C
。紧张伴随等的过程而产生，应同时发生，
waited
是一般过去时，
grow
也
用一般过去时。

5. I thought Jim would say something about his school report, but he ______ it.
A. doesn’t mention



B. hadn’t mentioned


C. didn’t mention





D. hasn’t mentioned

解析：答案选

C
。只描述过去所发生的情况，但没有强调对现在的影响，用一般过去时。

6. I ______ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time!
A. had fallen asleep



B. have fallen asleep

C. fell asleep












D. fall asleep
解析：答案选

C
。描写过去发生的情况用一般过去时。

7. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ______ to enjoy the
advantages of this new technology.
A.
begin


















B.
began


















C.
have
begun










D.
had begun
解析：答案选

B
。
when
引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，
when
指
20
世纪
90
年代初，当
然用一般过去时。

8.
—
I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.
—
Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ______?
A. was leaving










B. had left
















C. has left
















D. left
解析：答案选

D
。因为
Jane
已经度假去了，
“离开”此地就当然是在此之前的过去某个时间
了，所以用一般过去时，选
D
。另外，
when
通常都不与完成时连用，排除
B
和
C
，
A
也与语
境不符。

9. I ______ you not to move my dictionary
—
-
now I can’t find it.

A.
asked


















B.
ask






















C.
was
asking











D.
had asked
解析：
答案选

A
。
由
now
可知前句的 意思是：
我曾经叫你不要搬动我的词典的

(
你偏不听
)
。
“叫”是在过去发生的动作，用一般过去时。

10.
The
teacher,
with
6
girls
and
8
boys
of
her
class,
______
visiting
a
museum
when
the
earthquake struck.
A.
was





















B.
were




















C.
had
been














D. would be
解析：答案选

A
。由
when the earthquake struck
可知，要用一般过去时，排除
C
和
D;
又因
为主语是单数
the teacher
，所以只有
A
正确。

11. The discussion ____ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.
A. was coming









B. had come













C. has come













D. came
解析：
答案选

D
。
由
when
„
was brought in
可知，
come
也是过去发生的事，
用一般过去时。
句意是：当引入一个有趣 的话题时，那场讨论又变得活跃起来。

12. She ______her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job.
A.
would
change







B.
has
changed









C.
changed















D.
was
changing
解析：答案选

C
。由
came
可知，她已来重庆了，而改 变发型是在来重庆之前，即过去的过
去，按理要用过去完成时，但
before
已经表 明紧接着发生的先后两个动作，所以也可用一
般过去时，所以选
C
。

13. What we used to think ______ impossible now does seem possible.
A.
is
























B.
was





















C.
has
been














D. will be
解析：答案选

B
。根据句中的
used to
可知，空格 处应填一般过去时。句意为：我们过去认
为不可能的现在都似乎有可能成为现实。

14. 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。

15. I ______ in London for many years, but I’v
e never regretted my final decision to move back to
China.()
A.
lived



















B.
was
living


C.
have
lived




















D.
had
lived
解析：答案选

A
。许多同学一看到后面的
have
never
regrett ed
为现在完成时，同时选项
C
也是现在完成时，
结果滥用时态呼应，
将答案误选
C
。
其实，
此题的最佳答案是
A
。
句 中
but
后的句子告诉我们，
说话者现在已搬回了上海，
所以他住在伦敦应属 于过去的事情，
故应用
一般过去时。

16. Eliza remembers everything exactly as if ______ yesterday.
A. was happening





B. happens















C. has happened







D. happened
解析：答案选

D
。根据句中的
yesterday
可知，要用一般过去时。

17. I ______ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident ______.
A. went; was occurring





























B. went; occurred





C. was going; occurred





























D. was going; had occurred
解析：答案选

C
。第一空用过去进行时，表示过去正在发生的情况
;
第二空用一般过去时，
表示过去突然发生的一件事。

18. My cousin went to Canada two yours ago. He ______ there for a few months and then went
to America.
A.
worked
















B.
would
work









C.
would
be
working
D.
has
been
working
解析：答案选

A
。注意句中的三个动作：去加拿 大→在那儿住了几年→然后去了美国。由
于前后两个动作用的都是一般过去时，显然中间的“在那儿住了 几年”应用一般过去时。

19. As the years passed, many occasions
—
birthdays, awards, graduations
—

______ with Dad’s
flowers.
A. are marked










B. were marked








C. have marked








D. had marked
解析：答案选

B
。由于句中增加了插入成分
birthdays, awards, graduations
，使得句子的主语
与谓语
were marked
分 离，从而增加了考生对句子理解的难度。根据句意，空格处应填被动
语态
;
再根据句 中的
passed
的时态特点可知，空格处也应用一般过去时，故选
B
。

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