一般过去时测试题及答案
一、初中英语一般过去时
1．The old man _________________ Bajin was a famous writer.
A. was called
B. is called
C. called
D. calls
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意：老人巴金是一位著名的作家。谓语动词是was，故此处缺少非谓语动词，call与man是被动关系，故是过去分词用后置定语，故选C。
【点评】考查非谓语动词，注意过去分词的用法。
2．—Linda is not coming for the party tonight.
—But she _.
A. promises
B. promised
C. will promise
D. had promised
【答案】 B
【解析】【分析】句意：——琳达今晚不会来聚会。——但是她答应了啊。根据前一句可知“她答应”发生在说话之前，故用一般过去时，因此选B。
【点评】考查动词的时态。
3．Everyone except Tom and John there when the meeting began.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. was
【答案】 D
【解析】【分析】句意：当会议开始的时候，除了Tom和John没来，每个人都在这。except和besides两者都是“除去”之意，但前者指“但并不包括”，是“排除”之意，后者指“除此之外还有”，是“外加”之意。举例如下：There are six of us besides Tom.除汤姆外，另外还有6人。（一共7人）We all went home except Tom.除汤姆外，我们全回家了。（只有汤姆一人未回家）。谓语动词要看except前面的主语。故选D。
【点评】本题考查be动词。以及are、is、were、was四个词的用法和区别。
4．He_____ his English teacher when he was sightseeing in Paris.
A. has met
B. had met
C. met
D. would meet
【答案】 C
【解析】【分析】句意：他在巴黎观光时遇到了他的英语老师。由题干中的语句when he was sightseeing in Paris.提示可知此句要用一般过去时。meet，遇到，动词；其过去式是met，故选C。
【点评】考查一般过去时的基本用法。注意不规则动词的过去式的书写。
5．The number of Tik Tok users（抖音用户）______ sharply since Tik Tok _____ in 2016. It's really popular now.
A. has risen; appeared
B. have been risen; appeared
C. have raised; was appeared
D. has been raised; was appeared
【答案】 A
【解析】【分析】句意：自2016年抖音出现以来，抖音的用户数量急剧上升。抖音现在很流行。since引导的时间状语从句，主句用现在完成时表示动作已发生后的影响。从句用过去时描述过去发生的动作，没有宾语，故用rise是不及物动词，appear是系动词，没有被动形式，故选A。
【点评】考查时态和语态，注意rise是不及物动词，appear是系动词，没有被动形式。
6．—Great changes have taken place in our hometown over the past years.
—Yeah. Things ______different when we were young.
A. have been
B. are
C. will be
D. were
【答案】D
【解析】【分析】句意：——在过去的几年里，我们家乡发生了巨大的变化。——是的。我们年轻时情况不同。根据后文when we were young可知，本句时态为一般过去时，用were。故选D。
【点评】考查一般过去时，注意根据时间状语或其他动词的时态，判断考查的时态。7．John ________ his grandma every day when she was in hospital.
A. visited
B. was visiting
C. visits
D. is visiting
【答案】 A
【解析】【点评】句意:奶奶住院时，约翰每天去看她。奶奶住院是过去的状态，在这期间发生的约翰每天看望奶奶的动作指的是过去经常反复发生的动作，用一般过去时态，动词用过去式。故选A。
8．— Do you know yesterday?
—Yes. She was ill in hospital.
A. why didn't Jenny go to school
B. why doesn't Jenny go to school
C. why Jenny didn't go to school
D. why Jenny doesn't go to school
【答案】C
【解析】【分析】句意：——你知道詹妮昨天为什么没去上学吗？——是的，她生病住院了。根据yesterday，昨天，可知用一般过去时，宾语从句的语序要用陈述语序，故选C。【点评】考查宾语从句。
9．—Jerry, have you ever been to the Great Wall?
—Yes. I______ there with my parents last year.
A. go
B. went
C. will go
D. have gone
【答案】B
