itisthefirsttime+that分句

专业四级辅导：sTest EightIt is the first time +that分句在“It is/was/will be the first time+that分句”结构中，当主句动词为is/will be 时，that分句动词一律用现在完成体，引导词that可以省略。

例如：It is the first time I’ve been here.Don’t forget, it’ll be the first time I’ve spoken in public.当主句动词为was时，that分句动词通常用过去完成体。

例如：It was the first time she’d been at a summer school and she thoroughly enjoyed it.近义词辨析fast, hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift这组词均含有“迅速的”，“快捷的”的意思。

fast强调速度快，且保持不变；又指钟表的时间超过准确的时间。

We took a fast train to Beijing.我们坐快车来北京。

hasty指匆忙、急促，涉及因此而引起的慌乱、疏漏。

Don’t arrive at hasty conclusions.别匆忙下结论。

quick强调动作、行为发生得突然且持续时间短。

指人时，暗示聪明、领悟快。

The tiger took a quick leap at the sheep.老虎猛地向羊扑去。

rapid指就整个过程来讲速度快，但并不一定指这一过程的速度始终均匀不变。

The growth of the economy has been rapid in recent years.近年来，经济增长速度很快。

speedy指人处理问题迅速或物体运转速度快。

His accusations brought a speedy denial.他的指控马上遭到了否认。

swift与fast和quick同义，但带有文学色彩。

Eagles are swift in flight.鹰飞得很快。

全真模拟试题1. It was requested that all of the equipment ____in the agreed time.A. ErectedB. would be erectedC. be erectedD. will be erected2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____something pleasant in the past.A. to rememberB. rememberedC. having been rememberedD. remembering3. I ____him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmasholidays.A. ought to have sentB. couldn’t have sentC. must have sentD. needn’t have sent4. It turned out that the children were not ____ for the accident.A. to blameB. to be blamedC. to be blamingD. to have been blamed5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, ____been mentioned in previous chapters.A. a few of whichB. a few of themC. a few of thoseD. a few of that6. Setting up a committee might be a way ____ the project more efficiently.A. to be doingB. DoingC. to doD. being done7. It ____ to see so many children in that mountainousarea cannot even affordelementary education.her B. makes her painC. is painingD. is pained8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ____ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.promising B. has been promisingC. promisedD. has promised9. He was determined to sail around the world ____ his illness and old age.A. GivenB. AlthoughC. DespiteD. in spite10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ____first thing tomorrow morning.A. had to be put in the mailB. must be put in the mailC. be put in the mailD. should have been put in the mail11. ____ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.A. ManufactureB. ManipulativeC. Manipulate12. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ____of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.A. TraceB. TrailC. TrackD. touch13. The elbows on your coat have worn thin, so I must ____them.A. MendB. PatchC. RepairD. pitch14. ____ and wage increases have not kept in step.A. ProductionB. ProductC. ProduceD. Productivity15. People under stress have performed ____ feats of strength, like lifting an automobile off an accident victim.A. SpecificB. ExtraordinaryC. AbruptD. abnormal16. Modern appliances ____ us from a good deal of household instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry.B . BenefitC. LiberateD. comfort17. The audience waited in ____ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.A. RespectiveB. RespectC. RespectfulD. Respectable18. The disappearance of her paper has never been ____.A. counted forB. looked upfor D. checked up19. When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ____ever seeing it.A. RefusedB. DeniedC. OpposedD. resisted20. Communication between a young couple is a(n) ____business.A. SharpB. DreadfulC. IntenseD. delicate21. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ____the little rain that fell last night.A. SkippedB. SoakedC. RetrievedD. absorbed22. We’ll ____ you as soon as we have any further information.A. NotifyB. signifyC. CommunicateD. impart23. The fox fell into the ____ the hunters had set forit.A. BushB. TrapC. TrickD. circle24. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ____it up.A. TornB. GivenC. BrokenD. disposed25. The old lady ____ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.A. SlidedB. SlippedC. SplitD. Spilled试题答案与解析1. C)【句意】所有设备要求在商定的时间内安装完毕。

【难点】request后面的宾语从句要求使用虚拟语气，即（should）+动词原形，本句用的是被动语态。

2. A)【句意】坐在我对面的那个人梦幻般地笑着，好像回想起过去发生的某件高兴的事。

【难点】“as if +不定式”是一个常见的结构，意为“好像”。

3. D)【句意】我本不必把圣诞礼物给他邮去，因为他圣诞节期间回家了。

【难点】主句用了一句与过去事实相反的表示必要性的虚拟语气，符合题意。

4. A)【句意】结果证明是，这起事故不怪孩子。